The Industrial Revolution

Before 1750 People made money by farming Used simple hand tools Lived in quaint farming villages Very little travel Worked based on seasons

Before 1750 Children helped out with farm work Made their own clothes, grew their own food Power provided by people, animals, water mills or windmills Slow transportation (foot or animal-drawn wagons)

Agricultural Revolution Enclosure Movement- large fields that are enclosed by fences Inside these “enclosures” wealthy farmers practiced… Crop Rotation- the planting of different crops in different years to keep nutrients in the soil Great improvement over the Medieval three-field system Selective breeding of livestock.

What made things change? The Industrial Revolution A huge increase in the production of man-made goods Started in 18th century England

After 1750 People made money working in factories Industrialized cities and towns sprang up People moved to cities, lived in multi-story tenements Worked long hours Children worked in mines and factories

After 1750 Purchased food and clothing from stores A lot of factory-made products in the market Focus on coal and steam for power source New inventions like: telegraph, anesthetics, sewing machine Faster transportation (train, steamship)

Factors of Production Resources needed to produce goods and services that the industrial revolution required Factors of Production were: Land Labor Capital

Britain was the prime place for the Industrial Revolution to happen: Why? Britain had… Water power or coal to fuel the new machines Iron ore to construct machines, tools, and buildings Rivers for inland transportation Harbors from which the merchant ships set sail

Textile Industry—1st to Industrialize Flying Shuttle- invented by John Kay doubled the work a weaver could do in a day Spinning Jenny- invented by James Hargreaves, it allowed one Spinner to work eight threads at a time

Spinning Jenny

Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney- it multiplied the amount of cotton that could be cleaned Increased cotton production from 1.5 million pounds in 1790 to 85 million pounds in 1810

Railroads Steam Engine allowed for invention of Railroad System Revolutionized the amount of materials that could be transported as well as travel