Warm Up  Turn to pages Look at the three pictures on those pages and read the captions to answer the following questions:  Picture 1 (pg 250)-What was one benefit railroads provided to help spur the Industrial Revolution?  Picture 2 (pg 251/top)-Why do workers (then and now) go on strike?  Picture 3 (pg 251/bottom)-What do you think the working conditions were like in the Great Gas Light Establishment?

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The Beginnings of Industrialization

Industrial Revolution  What: greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18 th century  Importance: the change that begins in Britain paves the way for modern industrial societies

Agricultural Revolution  By early 1700s, wealthy landowners started buying up much of the land  They will start dramatically improving farming methods  This will pave the way for the Industrial Revolution

Enclosure Movement  Wealthy landowners started to close off their lands with fences or hedges  Results:  Experimented with new agricultural methods  Forced small farmers to give up farming and move to the cities

Increase in FOOD Production  Crop Rotation: rotate the crop you harvested to make the soil fertile  Livestock Breeding: breed the healthiest animals to produce bigger animals….which equals more FOOD

 More Food AND  Better Living Conditions  =Population Boom

Why Britain was the 1 st to Industrialize:  1. Large population of workers  2. Had lots of natural resources (water power, coal, iron, rivers, harbors)  3. Businesspeople and banks invested and encouraged the manufacture of new inventions  4. Stable government in Britain (no wars fought on British land)

Inventions Spur Technological Advances (pgs ) Name of InventorName of InventionWhat the Invention Did? 1. James Hargreaves 2. Samuel Crompton 3. Eli Whitney 4. James Watt 5. Robert Fulton 6. John McAdam 7. George Stephenson

James Hargreaves Spinning Jenny

Samuel Crompton’s Spinning Mule

Edmund Cartwright’s Power Loom

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

James Watt’s Steam Engine

Robert Fulton’s Steamboat

George Stephenson’s Train

Railroads…Only Gets Bigger & Better

Benefits of Railroads  Provided a cheap way to transport materials and finished products  Created 100,000s of jobs  Railroads boosted England’s agricultural and fishing industries  People were able to take jobs in distant cities due to the easier travel

Project Assignment #1  Imagine that you are an journalist from (France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Italy) visiting England.  PICK ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED ABOVE  You witness all the dramatic changes that are taking place in England during the Industrial Revolution. Your job is to report the news back to the government of your home nation and describe in detail the changes England is undergoing w/ the Industrial Revolution.

 Things to include in your letter:  Terms: Industrial Revolution, Enclosure Movement, Crop Rotation, Industrialization, factory, entrepreneurs  IDEAS: Explain why Britain is taking the lead in industrialization? And the benefits associated with industrialization.  Recommendations: What can you recommend your nation do to follow in the example set by England?