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The Industrial Revolution. By:Ms Pojer and Ms Lucchesi. Why did the Industrial Revolution start in England? What were the short term and long term changes to economy, government, and society that resulted from the Industrial Revolution?.
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The Industrial Revolution By:Ms Pojer and Ms Lucchesi
Why did the Industrial Revolution start in England? What were the short term and long term changes to economy, government, and society that resulted from the Industrial Revolution? Essential Question Industrial RevolutionI have a film you can borrow :)
Why Did Industrialization Begin in England First?
Late 18c: French Economic Advantages • Napoleonic Code. • French communal law. • Free contracts • Open markets • Uniform & clear commercial regulations • Standards weights & measures. • Established technical schools. • The government encouraged & honored inventors & inventions. • Bank of France European modelproviding a reliable currency.
French Economic Disadvantages • Years of war • Supported the AmericanRevolution. • French Revolution. • Early 19c Napoleonic Wars • Heavy debts. • High unemployment soldiersreturning from the battlefronts. • French businessmen were afraid to take risks.
Industrial England: "Workshop of the World" That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Early Canals Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure
Mine & Forge [1840-1880] • More powerful than water is coal. • More powerful than wood is iron. • Innovations make steel feasible. • “Puddling” [1820] – “pig iron.” • “Hot blast” [1829] – cheaper, purer steel. • Bessemer process [1856] – strong, flexible steel.
Child Labor in the Mines Child “hurriers”
Richard Arkwright:“Pioneer of the Factory System” The “Water Frame”
The Results of Industrialization at the end of the 19c
By 1850: Zones of Industrializationon the European Continent • Northeast France. • Belgium. • The Netherlands. • Western German states. • Northern Italy • East Germany Saxony
Factory Production • Concentrates production in oneplace [materials, labor]. • Located near sources of power [rather than labor or markets]. • Requires a lot of capital investment[factory, machines, etc.] morethan skilled labor. • Only 10% of English industry in 1850.
The Factory System • Rigid schedule. • 12-14 hour day. • Dangerous conditions. • Mind-numbing monotony.
Crystal Palace Exhibition: 1851 Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.
The Crystal Palace Exhibition 1851, London • The World’s Fair • Industrialization • Nationalism • Materialism
The "Haves": Bourgeois Life Thrived on the Luxuries of the Industrial Revolution
The "Have-Nots": The Poor, The Over-Worked, & the Destitute
Problems of Polution The Silent Highwayman - 1858