What? It was an economic revolution, it changed the way goods were produced. People started moving from the farms to the cities, so they could work on factories When? It started in the 18th century, exactly between the years 1750 and Where ? It first started in England, but then it spread through all Europe and eventually the world.

Causes 1.- People were willing to risk their money 2.- Britain had coal which was used to power the machines 3.- New roads were build, helping the trade 6.- New machines were invented, as technology and science improved 4.-Farming improved, there was enough food to feed the population 5.-New banks, people could borrow money to start their factories 7.- There was a “laissez-faire” policy, people should be left to get on with their lives Industrial Revolution Population Growth OROR There was an Industrial Revolution because the population increased… The population increased so there was an Industrial Revolution.

Working Conditions They were paid little and the places they work were dangerous. Sometimes kids´ aprons got stuck in te machines and caused great injuries or death. It was poor and miserable, people didn´t sleep and couldn´t rest, therefore they were always tired. They also starved and got beaten. Everybody had to work, including children. They worked for 12 h and for 6 days a week, depending on the factory And the laws? There were no laws at all because of the “laissez-faire” policy, each factory had their own laws & rules. This lead to great abuse!!

The Children Treatment: Safety: Children as young as 6 worked in the industrial revolution, with little pay or sometimes not at all. Orphans: There was no safety at all, there were lots of accidents because of the machines. Millions of children got severe injuries or sometimes died. Orphans were treated like slaves. Factories offered the orphans food, shelter and clothing but at the end they gave the orphans the hardest work and were the most abused. They were treated cruelly, the people which the children served yelled and beated them. A common punishment was called the “weighted”. This consisted in tieing a weight to a worker neck and make him walk all around the factory, so the children would “take example”.

Inventions Steam Engine James Watt Sewing Machine-1844 Elias Howe Cotton Gin-1793 Eli Whitney Telegraph-1836 Samuel Morse Telephone-1876 Alexander Graham Bell Transatlantic Cable-1866 Cyrus Field

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