1. Lesson 7-3-4- B – Factories Spread
Warm Up Question
Industrial technology was first used in the
Production of textiles
Mining of coal
Production of steel
Railroad construction

2. Lesson 7-3-4 B – Factories Spread
Essential Question
How did the Industrial Revolution spread beyond Great Britain?

3. What are textiles?
The first change from handmade goods to machine made goods showed up in the TEXTILE industry.
cloth
People used to:
Go house to house
2. Bring sheep wool to workers
3. Use hand power to spin looms and wheels
4. Spin the wool into cloth in their home
5. Merchants would pick up cloth and take it to be sold
6. This was called the domestic/cottage system!

4. How did production change?
Because the old method was too slow…
Merchants developed machines that could spin wool faster.
They used water as a source of power.
Factories began popping up near streams and rivers.

5. After coal became a power source, factories could be built anywhere.
What is a factory?
This began the FACTORY SYSTEM
System of bringing workers and machines together in one place – the FACTORY
After coal became a power source, factories could be built anywhere.

6. Why the focus on urban areas?
This began the process of URBANIZATION
Movement of people from rural to urban, or city areas
Towns grew around the factories.
Now, more people lived in cities than ever before!

7. How did the ideas spread?
Britain tried to guard its industrial secrets by forbidding the export of machines or skilled workers
But…
Workers followed money and opportunities elsewhere
Investors saw the opportunity to make more money elsewhere
Factories and railroads began popping up all over the world

8. Who used Britain’s ideas?
Technological secrets slipped out of Britain through people such as SAMUEL SLATER.
United States
Began buying British machines in the early 1800s
Germany
Benefited from trade with U.S. after its industrialization
Japan

9. Lesson 7-3-4 B – Factories Spread
Essential Question
How did the Industrial Revolution spread beyond Great Britain?
Answer

10. Lesson 7-3-4 B – Factories Spread
Before You Go Question
Which of the following was true of the Industrial Revolution?
More people moved to the country to escape pollution.
More people moved to the country for employment.
More people moved to the city for employment.
More people moved the city to enjoy pollution.