1. agriculture
of the
industrial
revolution

2. New Crops And Technologies
People started to farm in more efficient ways such as inventions and making land more useful
The farmers’ new breeds of animals grew hardier with thicker wool, more meat and less diseases
The new animals were more expensive and at the beginning in short supply, which eventually made the farmers broke
As the landowners committed to raising food, they started to invest money into technology to make their farming easier
Jethro Tull helped make agriculture more profitable by finding out the way soil helped plants grow
Lord Townsen made the seed drill which was pulled by horses and made it easier to plant seeds

3. Inventions Seed Drill Spinning Jenny Flying Shuttle Steam Machine
New Roads
The Rocket

4. Seed Drill The Seed Drill was pulled by horses
Planting in rows made gardening and weeding so much easier
Placed seeds in neat rows faster and with less waste
The Seed Drill was invented by Jethro Tull
The Seed Drill made it possible to farm with fewer people, which lowered farmers costs

5. Spinning Jenny
In 1764 James Hargreaves built the Spinning Jenny (Jenny being his wife)
The device aloud one spinner to spin off a number of threads at a time
Hargreaves at the beginning tried to keep his invention a secret, but soon made his own spinning shop and became very wealthy
The spinning yarn was so great that eventually Jennies were all over England

6. Flying Shuttle
The Flying Shuttle was one of the first important inventions
It was invented by John Kay in 1733
The Flying Shuttle allowed weaving to be done a lot faster and large amounts to be done by one person
But it used yarn faster than it could be supplied which made a supplement problem

7. Steam Machine
Thomas Newcomen invented a machine that compressed steam, the invention did not work very well at all.
After Thomas’ fail, James Watt figured out a better way to work this machine which was more practical and efficient

8. New Roads James Macadam built roads that would never become muddy
These roads were made of the layers of graded stone largest to smallest
These roads were a vast improvement on the earlier roads
Today’s roads in B.C. are Macadam roads

9. The rocket
In 1829 George and Robert Stephenson built the rocket, a locomotive
The rocket could pull a small train and 39 km per hr
This was the fastest traveling invention by human
By the end of the century countries all over the world had railways

10. women omen Women worked in the cottage as a part of the family
Worked in home based businesses
Husbands and wives were cooperative
Unmarried and elderly women could support themselves in “family business”
As the home based business died out, the women had very little choices, slavery and farm working
When women had to go work in factories, there were so many available that the owners could pay them very poorly
But some women had more independence because of cash payment

11. The poor Crime and disease was very common
Often whole families lived in one room
The poor law that was supposed to help the needy, did not work well at all
Couldn’t find thousands work
Large families would often have no help, while one person with a good story could get a lot of help