The Industrial Revolution

1. The Industrial Revolution 10.3.1

2. Warm-Up 10/19 • What do the images outside represent? What does your image show? How do you think these images make the IR look?

3. Industrial Revolution in England • The Industrial Revolution began in England in the mid-1700s. • factories and machines transformed the nation • Europe and North America soon followed. • Instead of using hand tools to make household quantities, people came to rely on machinery to produce large amounts of goods to be sold in shops.

4. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

5. Geography and Natural Resources • Rivers • water power to fuel machinery • inland transportation routes for industrial goods. • natural harbors were a benefit to merchant ships. • coal and iron mines. • Coal was a valuable source of energy to fuel machinery, and iron was used to make machines

8. Population Growth • Scientific improvements in farming during the 1700s led to more crops and healthier livestock—an Agricultural Revolution that brought more food to the people. • Health and living conditions improved, and the population increased.

12. Warm-Up 10/20 • The IR began in England for 4 reasons. The first reason was Natural Resources and Geography. • LIST the four natural resources in England that lead to it’s success in the IR.

13. Political Stability • An isolated, island nation, England participated in European wars of the 18th and early 19th centuries, but never on home ground. • England’s industrial growth was not interrupted by war.

14. Economic Strength • During the 1600s, overseas exploration had opened new markets for England, and led to a thriving economy based on money. • New financial institutions such as banks offered business loans that helped spur industrial growth. • Bank of England, 1694.

16. The Black Country • A region in west-central England became known as the Black Country for its smoke clouds from factories burning coal and smelting iron.

19. Cause and Effect of the IR