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The Industrial Revolution – Part I

The Industrial Revolution – Part I. After the French and American revolutions, a social revolution took place in England (Britain) The Industrial Revolution was a social revolution because it changed the way people lived

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The Industrial Revolution – Part I

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  1. The Industrial Revolution – Part I

  2. After the French and American revolutions, a social revolution took place in England (Britain) The Industrial Revolution was a social revolution because it changed the way people lived Started in Britain and slowly spread to the rest of Europe and the U.S. First inventions were basic machines used for farming and making clothes (textiles) Background Info

  3. The Seed Drill Invented in the early 1700s

  4. The Flying Shuttle invented in 1733

  5. The Spinning Jenny invented in 1764

  6. The Cotton Gin invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney

  7. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain? Many natural resourcesto fuel industrialization Many people, which meant more workers Britain had many colonies for more natural resources and more workers Why did it Start in Britain?

  8. The Industrial Revolution Begins – 2 mins

  9. New inventions and machines were very large, many of them were needed In order to house large machines (in large numbers), business owners built the first factories Factories & Transportation

  10. A major invention of the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine Burns coal to create steam, which powers a motor Invented by James Watt Steam ships and the steam trains were devised for transportation and trade

  11. The Industrial Revolution – Part II

  12. Life before the Industrial Revoltuion

  13. Ch. 5, section 1

  14. Ch. 5, section 1

  15. To increase production, capital was needed to start businesses and invest in enterprises Entrepreneurs managed and assumed financial risk of starting a new business The world’s first major rail line began between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester Britain Leads the Way

  16. Industrialization brought rapid urbanization People moved from farms to cities due to changes in farming, population growth and demand for workers Small towns around coal or iron mines grew into large cities Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution

  17. Factories and Growth of Cities – 2 mins

  18. Thinkers tried to understand the changes taking place Thomas Malthus = felt population would grow faster than food supply Jeremy Bentham advocated utilitarianism (“the greatest happiness for the greatest number” of people) Reactions and New Ways of Thinking

  19. Making Iron

  20. The Industrial Revolution – Part III

  21. Three classes emerged during the Industrial Rev. Upper Class = Rich business families Middle Class = merchants Lower Class = Workers/Peasants Middle class developed its own values Women wanted more equal treatment in marriage, divorce, property laws, suffrage Education and schools expanded Changing Attitudes and Values

  22. Worker’s lives were hard during the Industrial Revolution Socialism was offered as a response Says the PEOPLE should own businesses (means of production), not just one person Early socialists were called “Utopians” Karl Marx German philosopher, turned socialism into communism Said struggle between rich vs. poor would lead to a classless society Proletariat (working class) would overthrow the bourgeoisie (upper class) Germany forms a social democracy, changing from capitalism to socialism Socialism

  23. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is applied by others to people Social Darwinism says competition is good, or even some races superior to others Romanticism emerged as the dominant writing style Stressed imagination, freedom, emotion Writers: William Blake Victor Hugo Charles Dickens Painters (Impressionism) Monet Van Gogh Arts & Sciences in the Industrial Age

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