1. Chapter 7, Section 3 Pages 251-255

2.  Industrial Revolution – the birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied it  Occurred from the mid 1700s to the mid 1800s  Began in Great Britain’s textile industry  Replacement of human power with machine power

4.  Invented by Samuel Slater – “Father of the Factory System”  Mechanized spinning and weaving  Created machines that used power from running water and steam engines to spin and weave cloth

5.  British made it illegal for anyone that had knowledge about industrial machines to leave the country  Samuel Slater violated these laws when he brought information to America

6.  Named for Francis Lowell, a wealthy Boston textile merchant  Lowell, Massachusetts – a leading city for textile mills  Majority of workers were young women  Worked as long as 14 hours a day, 6 days a week  Known as the Lowell Girls

7.  I'm a factory girl Everyday filled with fear From breathing in the poison air Wishing for windows! I'm a factory girl Tired from the 13 hours of wok each day And we have such low pay Wishing for shorten work times! I'm a factory girl Never having enough time to eat Nor to rest my feet Wishing for more free time! I'm a factory girl Sick of all this harsh conditions Making me want to sign the petition! So do what I ask for because I am a factory girl And I'm hereby speaking for all the rest!

8.  From early 1800s to mid-1800s industrialization spread with steam engines becoming more widely available  Industrialization led to urbanization  People left the farm to work in cities

10. By 1832, nearly 2,400 miles of road connected most major cities

11.  1811 Construction began on the National Road  Completed in 1841  Stretched 800 miles west from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois  Promoted travel and trade

12.  1825 the 363-mile-long Erie Canal opened  Connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and with the Atlantic Ocean  Provided quick and economical way to ship manufactured goods to west and farm products to east  NYC became the busiest port in America

14.  1807  Robert Fulton ran the first successful steamboat service  Inspired others to build and operate steamboats

15.  The first steam powered train was in 1830  By 1835, states had issued more than 200 contracts to build railroad lines  Speed, power, reliability, and carrying capacity made it a preferred means of transport  Immigrant labor built the northern railroads  Slave labor built the southern railroads

17.  Printing press – 1811  Books and newspapers easily printed and in higher volumes  Advances in the Postal Service  Quicker communication  Telegraph – 1840 by Samuel F.B. Morse  Sends messages using electricity through wires  Communication was instantaneous

18.  Cotton Gin – Invented by Eli Whitney, made separating the seeds from cotton easier, also invented interchangeable parts  Steel Plow – Invented by John Deere, made it easier and quicker to plow the fields  The Mechanical Reaper – Invented by Cyrus McCormick – Made it easier and quicker to collect grain from the fields, instead of doing it by hand

19.  During the American Revolution 45% of all wealth was in the top 10% of the population  1845 Boston – top 4% owned over 65% of the wealth  1860 Philadelphia – top 1% owned over 50% of the wealth  The gap between the rich and poor was widening!

20.  Create a timeline on the Industrial Revolution.  You MUST include ten events with dates.  You MUST include two hand drawn images.  You will use your class notes and your book to create the timeline.  You may work with a partner.  The timeline is due at the end of the block.