Industrial Revolution Beginning of Industrialization Industrial Revolution
Objectives Explain the beginnings of industrialization Describe key inventions that furthered the industrial revolution
Essential Question How did entrepreneurs effect the industrial revolution?
Industrial Revolution Increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 1700’s
Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolution Wealthy land owners buying land Enclosures – large fenced in fields Small farmers – Forced to move to cities Crop Rotation – rotating crops in order to replenish the nutrients. Food supplies increased = population boom
Why Britain? Natural resources Water and coal power Rivers Many Harbors Expanding economy Banking system Growing over seas trade Political stability Factors of Trade – Land, Labor, and capital
Technological Advances
Textile Industry New inventions made it possible to mass-produce textiles faster and more efficient
Water Frame
Spinning Mule
Power Loom
Factories large buildings where machines were used to mass-produce goods
Cotton Gin separates seed from cotton. Eli Whitney
Transportation 1705 – Steam Engine Used too much fuel Matthew Boulton Entrepreneur -person who organizes, manages, and takes business risks James Watt – improved steam engine
Water Transportation Robert Fulton Clermont
Railroads Richard Trevithick 1804 1820 the railroad drove English Industry
First Robot
Telephone
Model – T Ford
Diesel Engine
Telegraph
Airplane