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Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris Fact:. “Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.”. Finally, we are getting some Industry. The Industrial Revolution. Part 1: Setting the Stage. Questions! How did most people make a living? How did most people get goods like clothes or furniture?.

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Chuck Norris Fact:

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  1. Chuck Norris Fact: “Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.”

  2. Finally, we are getting some Industry The Industrial Revolution

  3. Part 1: Setting the Stage Questions! • How did most people make a living? • How did most people get goods like clothes or furniture?

  4. What is the Industrial Revolution? “The shift during the 18th Century from making goods by hand to making them by machine.”

  5. Why are Machines Better? • Faster • Require Unskilled Workers • Produce Identical Goods • More profitable

  6. What Conditions are Needed? • Money to invest in Factories • Large Unskilled Labor Force • Government that gives people Economic Freedom • Natural Resources I am an evil genius!

  7. An Agricultural Revolution This one time…at band camp… • Enclosure Method • Crop Rotation • The Seed Drill • Jethro Tull • Breeding • Robert Bakewell • Results: • Small farmers die out • More Food is Available • Unskilled Labor Force is Provided

  8. The First Major Industry • The Textile Industry • Everyone needs clothing • Before the IR it is expensive & time consuming to make clothes • An explosion of textile machines changes the industry

  9. Early Textile Machines • John Kay & Flying Shuttle • James Hargreaves & Spinning Jenny • Richard Arkwright & Water Frame • Ralph Lauren & the Little Horse Shirt • Samuel Crompton & Spinning Mule • Edmund Cartwright & Power Loom • Hanes introduces a shirt for men who beat their wives Step inside my double wide paradise!

  10. Adam Smith • The Architect of the Free Enterprise System • Wrote “The Wealth of Nations” • Termed Laissez-Faire for the economy • Influenced all of the industrialized nations Its all about the Benjamins!

  11. Part 2: England Dominates! • Colonization • Factors of Production • Building an Empire I have bad teeth

  12. Why Britain? • Many Wealthy Investors • Natural Resources • Established Trade • Cool Accents • No Wars Fought on English Soil • Solid Government How did I cheat on Elizabeth Hurley…seriously?

  13. God Save the Queen • Queen Victoria • Reigned from 1837-1901 • Lead England to its height of power and success • Fun Fact: Victoria wore black every day after her husband died…that was for 40 years • Obvious Fact: The Victorian Era in English history is named after her In all honesty…black is more slimming…sorry Alby.

  14. Colonies! • Bring in natural resources • Enables British influence • Markets to sell goods • Large part of why Britain becomes Great

  15. England Controls the World! • Australia • Canada • Egypt (Suez Canal) • India • Ireland • Jamaica • New Zealand • South Africa Lasers! You have to use fricken’ lasers!

  16. How Great Britain Influenced the World

  17. Part 3: Effects on the World • The Industrial Revolution changes everything • How people lived • Where people lived • How they worked • How they thought • How they shopped • How money was made

  18. The Factory So, I will do this for another 60 years and then… • A building that houses several machines used to produce specific goods • Work is tough, loud, unsafe, backbreaking, but available • Men, Women & Children all work long hours for little pay

  19. Major Industrial Revolution Discoveries • Steam Engine • Steam Powered Ship • Steam Powered Locomotive • Concrete • Steel • Coal

  20. Great American Products from the Industrial Revolution • Samuel F.B. Morse • I.M. Singer • Alexander G. Bell • John Deere • Levi Strauss • Henry Ford

  21. New Ideas, New Problems I like money • Capitalism • Socialism • Communism • Labor Reforms

  22. Moment of Zen

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