Industrial Revolution In Great Britain

Essential Question: What were the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution? Write everything except what is printed in green type.

Long Range Causes Agricultural Revolution Population Increase Strong stable governments

Immediate Causes New Inventions Large pool of workers New Sources of Energy: Coal & Steam

Access to raw materials & investment capital Existence of Markets Laissez-faire economy

Agricultural Revolution Enclosure movement Wool

Jethro Tull Seed Drill

Charles Turnip Townshend Crop rotation

Inventions

Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves

Flying Shuttle John Kay Moved more quickly across loom Wider fabric more quickly

Power Loom Edmund Cartwright Ran on horse, water, steam

Cotton Gin Eli Whitney Cleaned cotton faster Increase demand raw cotton

Steam Engine James Watt Power factories Run continuously away from water

Coal Mining

Railroad George Stephenson Isambard Brunel The Rocket 1829 Steam Locomotive that ran on rails Isambard Brunel 1833 Great Western Railway Paddington Station, London

Internal-combustion Engine Gottlieb Daimler Gas powered boats & other vehicles New forms of transportation—car & airplane

Telephone Alexander Graham Bell Electrical wires transmit voices over long distances Instant communication

Lightbulb Thomas Edison Bright, safe, inexpensive electric lighting

Immediate Effects Rise of Factories New Methods of Production Changes in Transportation & Communication

Urbanization: Rapid growth of cities

Rise of Urban Working Class Use of child labor

Long Range Effects Growth of Labor Unions Increased Pollution

Inexpensive new products Rise of Big Business Expansion of Middle Class Competition for World Trade

Growth of Democracy Rise of Socialism

Realism in Literature & Art Charles Dickens Victor Hugo Leo Tolstoy