1. Industrial Revolution
WHII: SOL 9a
Industrial Revolution

2. Industrial Revolution
Originated in England because of its natural resources (e.g., coal, iron ore) and the invention and improvement of the steam engine
Spread to Europe and the United States
Role of cotton textile, iron, and steel industries

3. Industrial Revolution
Relationship to the British Enclosure Movement
The Enclosure Movement was a push in the 18th and 19th centuries to take land that had formerly been owned in common by all members of a village, or at least available to the public for grazing animals and growing food, and change it to privately owned land, usually with walls, fences or hedges around it.
With the Industrial Revolution came an increased demand for raw materials from the Americas, Asia, and Africa

4. Industrial Revolution
Rising economic powers that wanted to control raw materials and markets throughout the world
Rise of the factory system and demise of cottage industries

5. Technological advances that produced the Industrial Revolution
Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves
Steam engine: James Watt
Cotton gin: Eli Whitney
Process for making steel: Henry Bessemer

6. Spinning Jenny

7. Steam Engine

8. Cotton Gin

9. Process for Steel

10. Process for Steel

11. Advancements in science and medicine
Development of smallpox vaccination: Edward Jenner
Discovery of bacteria: Louis Pasteur

12. Smallpox Vaccine

13. Bacteria

14. Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on industrialized countries
Population increase
Increased standards of living for many but not all
Improved transportation
Urbanization
Environmental pollution
Increased education
Dissatisfaction of working class with working conditions
Growth of the middle class