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Social and Political Changes Industrial Revolution
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Industrial Revolution Factors Population growth
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Industrial Revolution Factors Increase in agriculture that had improved farming methods such as crop rotation, scientific breeding of livestock and application of fertilizers that resulted in increase in agricultural output was the enclosure movement
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Industrial Revolution Factors Change from production of manufactured goods form home to the factory To
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Industrial Revolution Factors Increase in natural resources such as coal and Iron ore especially in England
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Mine & Forge [1840-1880] More powerful than water is coal. More powerful than wood is iron. Innovations make steel feasible. “Puddling” [1820] – “pig iron.” “Hot blast” [1829] – cheaper, purer steel. Bessemer process [1856] – strong, flexible steel.
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Production Inventions Spinning Jenny Textile industry
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Industrial Revolution Factors New inventions in transportation
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So how is this going to change people socially?
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Development and growth of cities With the growth of cities comes: Cheap new houses: few building regulations, No bathroom, toilet or running water, block of 40 houses would have possibly 6 toilets Pollution: Waste of all sorts from the homes was thrown into the courtyard, Sanitation and hygiene barely existed Over population: average 9 people lived in one house
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Home life Since work carried out outside the home it will separated family members
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Improved status and earning power of women
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Men- working long hours in dangerous conditions
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Children – working as unskilled labor in dangerous conditions
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Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830 Age of WorkerMale WagesFemale Wages under 112s 3d.2s. 4d. 11 - 164s. 1d.4s. 3d. 17 - 2110s. 2d.7s. 3d. 22 - 2617s. 2d.8s. 5d. 27 - 3120s. 4d.8s. 7d. 32 - 3622s. 8d.8s. 9d. 37 - 4121s. 7d.9s. 8d. 42 - 4620s. 3d.9s. 3d. 47 - 5116s. 7d.8s. 10d. 52 - 5616s. 4d.8s. 4d. 57 - 6113s. 6d.6s. 4d.
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The Factory System × Rigid schedule. × 12-14 hour day. × Dangerous conditions. × Mind-numbing monotony.
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The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Conditions of the Working Class
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Economic Growth Made 3 different classes Aristocracy owned land Middle Class owned capital enterprises and gained their wealth from profits Working class owned only their labor and wages received wages
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Aristocracy Land Owners
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The Industrial Middle Class Industrial Capitalism: an economic system based on industrial production. The industrial middle class was made up of the people who built the factories, bought the machines, and found the markets. Their qualities: initiative, vision, ambition, and greed.
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Stereotype of the Factory Owner
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The Industrial Working Class The working class faced horrible working conditions: long hours, low pay, unsafe workplaces Little time to interact after work, lived in packed cheap houses
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“Upstairs”/“Downstairs” Life
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