The Industrial Revolution The Revolution that changed the world forever

Industrial – Having to do with industry, business or manufacturing Revolution – a huge change or a change in the way things are done Industrial Revolution – a change from making things by hand to making them in factories.

Industrial Revolution

How did we make clothes before the industrial revolution?

The Spinning Jenny Invented by James Hargreaves 1764 Reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work 8 or more spools at once

Spinning wheel The spinning wheel was the first invention, but it was very slow. Threads were spun one at a time, by hand.

Transportation - Before cars, planes, buses – how did people get around?

Transportation Before the Industrial Revolution, people relied on the horse and their own feet to get around.

Steam Engine Invented by James Watt 1769 Could power machines automatically and led to the development of moving vehicles

An original steam engine

Passenger carriers

Power Loom With the invention of the spinning jenny and the power loom, the textile (clothing) industry took off. Clothes could now be made far faster than ever before. Invented by Edmund Cartright in 1797

The power loom The power loom used water power to weave cloth People could make a lot of cloth quickly.

Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney in 1794 Allowed cotton to be cleaned and had the seeds removed quickly. This caused a need for more labor to pick cotton

Cotton Gin

A cotton factory

Steel Invented by Henry Bessemer around 1856 Could produce steel that was strong and cheap which could be used to make large buildings and bridges

Smoke stacks of a factory

The electric light Can you imagine what life would be like without the electric light? Thomas Edison invented the electric light around 1878 Thomas Edison also invented many other things, like the phonograph in 1877

Thomas Edison

The electric light Allows us to see!

The phonograph Could automatically play music that people could listen to in their homes.

Telegraph Invented by Samuel Morse in 1844 The telegraph used dots and dashes to send messages over electric lines. These dots and dashes became known as Morse Code.

Telephone Alexander Graham Bell patented the first telephone in 1876. Allowed us to communicate with others more easily

John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller became the richest man in the world in the oil business. He created Standard Oil Company in 1870 Oil began being used in all types of machines, like cars.

Henry Ford Henry Ford invented the first practical car, the Model T in 1908 The car had been invented earlier, but Ford was the first to make the car affordable.

Orville and Wilber Wright The Wright brothers were the first men to successfully fly an airplane in 1903 The flight lasted only twelve seconds, but it proved men could fly.

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