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1 How is this economic system clearly a product of the Enlightenment and Age of Revolutions? Adam Smith -Wealth of Nations -Father of Capitalism -Work for your own self- interest = everyone prospers -Invisible hand

2 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Starts in England (1780s) Scientific Revolution + Capitalism + British Empire

3 Changes in Production 1764 = spinning jenny 1787 = water-powered loom

4 Changes in Production 1782 = steam-powered machinery 1780s = Puddling = More iron

5 Chimney Furnace Hearth

6 Railroads = 1804 - cheaper products - more jobs for the poor - more factories

7 IRON MILL IN AVESTA, SWEDEN -Europe: by 1850 -USA: by 1860 -Steamboat in 1807

8 Industrial Changes in 1.Power = electricity & light bulbs 2.Communication = telephone & radio waves 3.Transportation = car 4.Factories = assembly line

9 Social Changes in 1.Women’s role = Feminism 2.Population growth = Urbanization 3.Leisure = defined and passive 4.Social classes = New Money


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