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What is the Industrial Revolution? A period of transition from small farming villages to mechanized workA period of transition from small farming villages to mechanized work What made it possible (causes)?What made it possible (causes)? –Agricultural Revolution –Population Explosion –New Technology
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Agricultural Revolution * Improved methods of farming –* Enclosure Movement –Process of taking over and fencing off land formerly shared by peasant farmers increased profits farm laborers lose their jobs farmworkers migrate to cities provided labor for factories Starts in England
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The Enclosure Movement
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“ Enclosed ” Lands Today
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Population Explosion Ag Revolution reduced risk of famineAg Revolution reduced risk of famine More food, increased hygiene and sanitation, and improved medical care slowed the deathratesMore food, increased hygiene and sanitation, and improved medical care slowed the deathrates
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New Technology Steam Engine: developed by Thomas Newcomen and improved by James WattsSteam Engine: developed by Thomas Newcomen and improved by James Watts Smelt iron: separating iron from its ore produced a better quality and less expensive ironSmelt iron: separating iron from its ore produced a better quality and less expensive iron
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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? ResourcesResources –Coal, iron, labor New TechnologyNew Technology –Skilled mechanics Economic ConditionsEconomic Conditions –Capital, increased demand, affordable goods Political and Social ConditionsPolitical and Social Conditions –Stable government, protect overseas trade, religious attitudes encouraged hard work and thrift
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That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon Bonaparte
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Metals, Woolens, & Canals
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Early Canals Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure
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Coalfields & Industrial Areas
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18001 ton of coal50, 000 miners 185030 tons200, 000 miners 1880300 million tons500, 000 miners 1914250 million tons1, 200, 000 miners Coal Mining in Britain: 1800-1914
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Young Coal Miners
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Child Labor in the Mines Child “hurriers”
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British Iron Production
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Textile Industry Britain’s largest industryBritain’s largest industry Putting out system: raw cotton distributed to households who then spun it into thread and wove it into clothPutting out system: raw cotton distributed to households who then spun it into thread and wove it into cloth Inventions made this process fasterInventions made this process faster –James Hargreaves: spinning jenny spun many threads at once –Richard Awkwright: waterframe used water power to speed up machines Factories emerge to house the new machinesFactories emerge to house the new machines
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Factory Production ) Concentrates production in one place [materials, labor]. ) Located near sources of power [rather than labor or markets]. ) Requires a lot of capital investment [factory, machines, etc.] more than skilled labor. ) Only 10% of English industry in 1850.
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Richard Arkwright: “ Pioneer of the Factory System ” The “Water Frame”
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Textile Factory Workers in England 1813 2400 looms 150, 000 workers 1833 85, 000 looms 200, 000 workers 1850224, 000 looms>1 million workers
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John Kay ’ s “ Flying Shuttle ”
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The Power Loom
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Textile Factory Workers in England
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Transportation Revolution Turnpikes: private roads that charged users a feeTurnpikes: private roads that charged users a fee CanalsCanals Steam powered locomotives: George StephensonSteam powered locomotives: George Stephenson Steamships: Robert FultonSteamships: Robert Fulton
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Steam Tractor
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Steam Ship
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An Early Steam Locomotive
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Later Locomotives
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The Impact of the Railroad
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Railroads on the Continent
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“ The Great Land Serpent ”
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The New Industrial City
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New Industrial City Urbanization: Movement of people to citiesUrbanization: Movement of people to cities –Why? Changes in farming, soaring population growth, increased demand for workers Tenements: multistory buildings divided into apartmentsTenements: multistory buildings divided into apartments –Bad conditions: »no running water, no sewage or sanitation systems »Rapid spread of diseases
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Worker Housing in Manchester
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Factory Workers at Home
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Private Charities: Soup Kitchens
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The Factory System × Rigid schedule. × 12-16 hour day. × Dangerous conditions (accidents, dust) × Mind-numbing monotony.
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The Factory System: Women and Children Many factories preferred to hire women and children. Why?Many factories preferred to hire women and children. Why? –Adapt more easily to machines –Easier to manage –Paid less Children as young as 5 workedChildren as young as 5 worked Parliament later passed laws to regulate child laborParliament later passed laws to regulate child labor
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Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830 Age of Worker Male Wages Female Wages under 11 2s 3d. 2s. 4d. 11 - 16 4s. 1d. 4s. 3d. 17 - 21 10s. 2d. 7s. 3d. 22 - 26 17s. 2d. 8s. 5d. 27 - 31 20s. 4d. 8s. 7d. 32 - 36 22s. 8d. 8s. 9d. 37 - 41 21s. 7d. 9s. 8d. 42 - 46 20s. 3d. 9s. 3d. 47 - 51 16s. 7d. 8s. 10d. 52 - 56 16s. 4d. 8s. 4d. 57 - 61 13s. 6d. 6s. 4d.
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19 c Bourgeoisie: The Industrial Nouveau Riche
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Criticism of the New Bourgeoisie
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Stereotype of the Factory Owner
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“ Upstairs ” / “ Downstairs ” Life
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The Life of the New Urban Poor: A Dickensian Nightmare!
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The Luddites: 1811-1816 Ned Ludd [a mythical figure supposed to live in Sherwood Forest] Attacks on the “frames” [power looms].
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British Soldiers Fire on British Workers: Let us die like men, and not be sold like slaves! Peterloo Massacre, 1819
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The “ Peoples ’ Charter ” V Drafted in 1838 by William Lovett. V Radical campaign for Parliamentary reform of the inequalities created by the Reform Bill of 1832. × Votes for all men. × Equal electoral districts. × Abolition of the requirement that Members of Parliament [MPs] be property owners. × Payment for Members of Parliament. × Annual general elections. × The secret ballot.
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Thomas Malthus × Population growth will outpace the food supply. × War, disease, or famine could control population. × The poor should have less children. × Food supply will then keep up with population.
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David Ricardo × “Iron Law of Wages.” × When wages are high, workers have more children. × More children create a large labor surplus that depresses wages.
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The Utilitarians: Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill × The goal of society is the greatest good for the greatest number. × There is a role to play for government intervention to provide some social safety net.
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Jeremy Bentham
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The Socialists: Utopians & Marxists × People as a society would operate and own the means of production, not individuals. × Their goal was a society that benefited everyone, not just a rich, well-connected few. × Tried to build perfect communities [utopias].
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By 1850 : Zones of Industrialization on the European Continent ùNortheast France. ùBelgium. ùThe Netherlands. ùWestern German states. ùNorthern Italy ùEast Germany Saxony
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Industrialization By 1850
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Share in World Manufacturing Output: 1750-1900
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Bibliographic Sources ) “Images of the Industrial Revolution.” Mt. Holyoke College. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart /ind_rev/images/images-ind-era.html ) “The Peel Web: A Web of English History.” http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/mbloy/c- eight/primary.htm
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