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Dawn of the Industrial Age

Dawn of the Industrial Age. Dawn of the Industrial Age. Learning Points Growth of population, cities, and urban migration Technological changes led to social economic and cultural change. Dawn of the Industrial Age.

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Dawn of the Industrial Age

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  1. Dawn of the Industrial Age

  2. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Learning Points • Growth of population, cities, and urban migration • Technological changes led to social economic and cultural change

  3. Dawn of the Industrial Age • From the beginning of civilization to 1750, most people lived on small farms. • This changed with the Industrial Revolution.

  4. Dawn of the Industrial Age • 1750 • People make their own clothes & food. • Few ever left their home villages • Almost no one went overseas

  5. Dawn of the Industrial Age • The “West” was the first to industrialize: • Then: • Britain • USA • Germany • France • Now: • Russia • Japan • Taiwan • Israel

  6. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Starting in 1700 the Agricultural Revolution began • Levees to reclaim lands from the sea • Fertilizer • Crop rotation • Seed drill

  7. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Name 3 industrialized nations.

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  9. Dawn of the Industrial Age • What were 2 reforms of the Agricultural Revolution?

  10. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Rich landowners “enclose” the land – buy out the peasants. • Larger fields were worked more efficiently • Jobless peasants migrated to cities to look for work.

  11. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Britain’s population almost doubled from 1700 to 1800 • 5 million  9 million • No famine because of extra food • People eat more food so they were healthier. • Better hygiene, sanitation, and medicine

  12. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Scottish engineer James Watt improves the steam engine. • Improvements allow it to be used to power factories, trains, and boats.

  13. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Using hot-burning coal to “smelt” iron – to make it more pure – resulted in high quality, strong iron machines that could be used in the new steam engines.

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  15. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Who is famous for improving the steam engine?

  16. Dawn of the Industrial Age • Iron used for bridges, trains, buildings and eventually, ships. • With an abundance of coal and iron, Britain took the lead in world technology.

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