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Industrial Revolution Instructor: Mr. Chavira Americas High School El Paso, Texas

Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

How it started (5 Main reasons) Agricultural Practices had changed New Crops – Potatoes More people fed with less money More food = More population More population to work in factories Plenty of Capital (money) Huge Empire Entrepreneurs Lot of natural resources available Many Markets to take products

Changes in Cotton Production Massive growth in cotton production Spinning Jenny – Made making thread faster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM6T2mb-C6M Flying Shuttle - Made weaving faster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Iskdg6HN0 Steam Engine – James Watt Invented it Engine that can drive machinery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVomz8TXrqE 7:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoBWAE0win0 More Steam Engines => More Coal Use

The sequence begins… More Coal => Creation of Coke Use of Coke => Puddling Use of Puddling => Better Iron Better Iron => More Railroad Tracks

It Continues More Railroads => More Jobs & Cheap Transportation Cheap Transportation => Cheaper prices for goods Cheaper Prices => More Sales More Sales => More Factories and Better Machinery With Better Machinery => More profit to invest

The Industrial Revolution Spreads In Europe It Spread to different parts at different times Belgium, France, Germany were the first to adopt In the United States In 1800’s 6 of every 7 people were farmers Railroad changes all that Monopoly - B&O, Short Line, Reading, Pennsylvania More railroads meant more factories => Recruiting entire families for work

Move to Cities Growth of cities began More food Less Wars Less Disease Steam Engines made it possible for factories to be located away from water

Child Labor Children 9-13 Children 13-18 Could only work 9 hours a day Conditions were terrible Dirty Low Paying No minimum wage