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The Romantic Age, 1815 - 1848: The Industrial Revolution. “What’s that smell?”. Overview. The Industrial Revolution will be one of the most important shifts in human history It will begin in England, but at first as an Agricultural Revolution Topics Agricultural Revolution
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The Romantic Age, 1815 - 1848:The Industrial Revolution “What’s that smell?”
Overview The Industrial Revolution will be one of the most important shifts in human history It will begin in England, but at first as an Agricultural Revolution Topics Agricultural Revolution Industrial Revolution
Technological Innovation Seed Drill New plow Thresher
Enclosure Old feudal land arrangements now useless Parliament passed “enclosure” acts closing off common land Led to higher crop yields
Why England? Colonial Empire (land) • Available Capital (money) • Available workers (labor)
Textiles Spinning jenny Flying shuttle Cotton Gin Steam Engine
Social Changes Landed nobility became less important “Cotton Lords” & Entrepreneurs dominated society
Poor, working class Oliver; "Please, sir, I want some more."
The Luddites Attacks on the “frames” [power looms]. Ned Ludd [a mythical figure supposed to live in Sherwood Forest]
Classical Economics “Manchester School” Ideas Free market, little government regulation, & no tariffs “iron law of wages” System is naturally occurring Thomas Malthus David Ricardo
Summary For the lower classes, it was an improvement Exploitation had existed before Did allow for an increase in life expectancy Upper classes, the bourgeoisie got richer and richer - intermarried with nobility A new middle class formed Factory managers, skilled labor Lawyers, doctors, etc Urbanization allowed for the rapid spread of ideas! Newspapers and print culture