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Industrial Revolution A technological Revolution (but political & social too!) 1790-1850 Shift in production from hand to machines started in England Pos new inventions Neg rich and poor, urban (fire/poverty), environmental Centered in Cities Symbol = (Manu) Factories Why in England?... Natural Resources, Favorable Geography, Good banking system New Class = landless, wage earning city dwelling, factory working poor people, known as …Proletariat
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Metals, Woolens, & Canals
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Coalfields & Industrial Areas
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18c British Port
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“Gin Lane” William Hogarth 1751
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New Inventions: Textiles Cotton Gin Spinning Wheel, Jenny, Mule Power Loom Sewing Machine (Isaac Singer) New Inventions: Steam Engine Thomas Newcombe James Watt Robert Fulton George Stephenson (The Rocket) Isambard Kingdom Brunell Samuel Morse
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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British Coin Portraying a Factory, 1812
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Textile Factory Workers in England
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The Power Loom
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Young “ Bobbin-Doffers ”
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James Watt ’ s Steam Engine
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Steam Tractor
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Steam Ship
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An Early Steam Locomotive
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The Impact of the Railroad
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Later Locomotives
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express, express line backtrack just the ticket fast track railroaded derailed make the grade don't/to get sidetracked on the wrong track on the right track One-track mind off track living on the wrong side of the tracks whistle stop tour Letting off steam popping off blowing smoke blowing your stack tunnel vision light at the end of the tunnel streamlined depot keeping/staying on track bells and whistles. that's the ticket chugging along hell on wheels Sabotage Railroad terms we use all the time:
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“ The Great Land Serpent ”
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Crystal Palace Exhibition: 1851 Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.
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Crystal Palace: Interior Exhibits
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Crystal Palace: British Ingenuity on Display
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19 c Bourgeoisie: The Industrial Nouveau Riche
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Criticism of the New Bourgeoisie
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Industrial Staffordshire
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Problems of Pollution The Silent Highwayman - 1858
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Worker Housing in Manchester
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Factory Workers at Home
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Young Coal Miners
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Child Labor in the Mines Child “hurriers”
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The Factory System × Rigid schedule. × 12-14 hour day. × Dangerous conditions. × Mind-numbing monotony.
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The Life of the New Urban Poor: A Dickensian Nightmare!
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Private Charities: Soup Kitchens
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The Wealth of Nations (1776)
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There, there it is again—the invisible hand of the marketplace giving us the finger.
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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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Industrialization By 1850
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Railroads on the Continent
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