1. Journal #
What is Industrialism? What comes to mind when you think about Industrialism or the Industrial Revolution?

2. Industrial Revolution
Part I – England

3. Revolutions Begins in Britain in the mid-1700s
England, United States, France have all had political revolutions
This new type of revolution changes the way people live and work
Mostly refers to how machines helped people do their jobs faster
Huge impact on society

4. Industrial Revolution
Refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s

5. Industrialism Defined
Industrialization:
The process of developing machine produced goods.

6. The English countryside

7. Starts with agriculture
England (early 1700s)—covered in small farms
Wealthy landowners buy smaller farms and create large farms
Large farms called enclosures (the enclosure movement)
Allowed farmers to work bigger fields = find new ways to grow crops

8. New Farming techniques
Jethro Tull invents a seed drill to make sure seeds can germinate = huge increase in crop yields
Crop rotation replaces three field system
Experiment with selective animal reproduction average weight of sheep goes from 18 to 50 pounds

10. Significant increase in food supply

12. Ability to feed more people for less $$ and with less labor

14. Increased Population

16. Surplus labor for new factories
(small farmers become tenant farmers or move to the city)

18. More people end up with more $$ = more demand for manufactured goods
Clothes, household goods, tools, etc

19. Industrialism Defined
Industrialization:
The process of developing machine produced goods.

20. Why is all this happening in Great Britain?

21. Homework
Critical reading

22. Population explosion
England was actually well-positioned to industrialize and grow for several reasons
Natural resources
Strong economic system (banking, etc)
Political stability

23. Natural Resources Water power (rivers) and coal to fuel factories
Iron ore to construct machines
Rivers for inland transportation
Harbors that could handle trading ships

24. Economic resources Stable banking system
Farmers and businessmen could take out loans
(unheard of in much of the world)
Lots of trade overseas
(India, United States, other British colonies in Africa and Asia)
Overall good feelings made people very positive about the future

25. Political stability
Even though Britain was involved in many wars in the 1700s, none were fought on British soil
Military success led population to believe in the future of Britain
Parliament passed laws that protected business ventures
Basically, Britain had what is called factors of production (ideal conditions for industrialization)

26. Conditions were right for an explosion of creativity
Inventions
Conditions were right for an explosion of creativity