1. The Industrial Revolution

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

3. 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)

4. 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.

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

6. 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

7. 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)

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Spinning Jenny

12. 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

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