1. Object game
What is it?
What does it look like?
Why is it important?

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

3. Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

4. 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

5. Changes in Cotton Production
Massive growth in cotton production
Spinning Jenny – Made making thread faster
Flying Shuttle - Made weaving faster
Steam Engine – James Watt Invented it Engine that can drive machinery 7:
More Steam Engines => More Coal Use

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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