1. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The
Industrial
Revolution
By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Edited: Mr. Stonehill

2. Industrial Revolution - overview
Definition: The use of machines as the primary work force
First Industrial Revolution (mid 1700s – early 1800s)
-Begins in England
-Affects textile industry and uses water energy
Second Industrial Revolution (early 1800s –WWI)
-Communication and Transportation most affected
-Leads to abuses and problems and reform

3. Why Did
Industrialization
Begin in
England First?

4. That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Industrial England:
"Workshop
of the World"
That Nation of Shopkeepers! Napoleon Bonaparte

5. Why NOT France?
Too many disadvantages despite the advantages

6. Late 18c: French Economic Advantages
Napoleonic Code.
French communal law.
Free contracts
Open markets
Uniform & clear commercial regulations
Standards weights & measures.
Established technical schools.
The government encouraged & honored inventors & inventions.
Bank of France  European model providing a reliable currency.

7. French Economic Disadvantages
Years of war
Supported the American Revolution.
French Revolution.
Early 19c  Napoleonic Wars
Heavy debts.
High unemployment  soldiers returning from the battlefronts.
French businessmen were afraid to take risks.

8. England -Agricultural increase 3 Field use and new inventions
-Enclosure Movement
-Mining Industry grows – increased use of Coal
-Inventions: Textiles, Steam Engine, Factory system

9. The Enclosure Movement

10. “Enclosed” Lands Today

11. Metals, Woolens, & Canals

12. Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure
Early Canals
Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure

13. 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.

14. Coalfields & Industrial Areas

15. Coal Mining in Britain: 1800-1914
1 ton of coal
50, 000 miners
1850
30 tons
200, 000 miners
1880
300 million tons
500, 000 miners
1914
250 million tons
1, 200, 000 miners

16. Young Coal Miners

17. Child Labor in the Mines
Child “hurriers”

18. British Pig Iron Production

19. Richard Arkwright: “Pioneer of the Factory System”
The “Water Frame”

20. 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

21. Textile Factory Workers in England
1813
2400 looms
150, 000 workers
1833
85, 000 looms
200, 000 workers
1850
224, 000 looms
>1 million workers

22. The Factory System Rigid schedule. 12-14 hour day.
Dangerous conditions.
Mind-numbing monotony.

23. Textile Factory Workers in England

24. British Coin Portraying a Factory, 1812

25. Young “Bobbin-Doffers”

26. Jacquard’s Loom

27. Industrial Revolution
New Inventions
of the
Industrial Revolution

28. John Kay’s “Flying Shuttle”

29. The Power Loom

30. New Inventions will help lead to the Second Industrial Revolution – Communication and Transportation

31. James Watt’s Steam Engine

32. Steam Tractor

33. Steam Ship

34. An Early Steam Locomotive

35. Later Locomotives

36. The Impact of the Railroad

37. “The Great Land Serpent”

38. Crystal Palace Exhibition: 1851
Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.

39. Crystal Palace: Interior Exhibits

40. Crystal Palace: British Ingenuity on Display

41. Crystal Palace: American Pavilion

42. Industrial Revolution
The "Haves":
Bourgeois Life
Thrived on the
Luxuries of the
Industrial Revolution

43. 19c Bourgeoisie: The Industrial Nouveau Riche

44. Criticism of the New Bourgeoisie

45. Stereotype of the Factory Owner

46. “Upstairs”/“Downstairs” Life

47. The "Have-Nots":
The Poor,
The Over-Worked,
& the Destitute

48. Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830
Age of Worker
Male Wages
Female Wages
under 11
2s 3d.
2s. 4d.
4s. 1d.
4s. 3d.
10s. 2d.
7s. 3d.
17s. 2d.
8s. 5d.
20s. 4d.
8s. 7d.
22s. 8d.
8s. 9d.
21s. 7d.
9s. 8d.
20s. 3d.
9s. 3d.
16s. 7d.
8s. 10d.
16s. 4d.
8s. 4d.
13s. 6d.
6s. 4d.

49. Industrial Staffordshire

50. The Silent Highwayman - 1858
Problems of Polution
The Silent Highwayman

51. The New Industrial City

52. Early-19c London by Gustave Dore

53. Worker Housing in Manchester

54. Factory Workers at Home

55. Workers Housing in Newcastle Today

56. The Life of the New Urban Poor: A Dickensian Nightmare!

57. Private Charities: Soup Kitchens

58. Private Charities: The “Lady Bountifuls”

59. Protests / Reformers

60. Violent vs Non-Violent Responses
Socialism – use of government (public sharing of political power) to correct abuses
Christian Humanism – private citizens correcting the abuses
Anarchy – destruction of government
Communism – Revolution by the workers (proletariat) leads to “Communism” (classless society).

61. The Luddites: 1811-1816 Attacks on the “frames” [power looms].
Ned Ludd [a mythical figure supposed to live in Sherwood Forest]

62. The Luddite Triangle

63. The Luddites

64. The Neo-Luddites Today

65. Peterloo Massacre, 1819
British Soldiers Fire on British Workers: Let us die like men, and not be sold like slaves!

66. The Chartists Key Chartist settlements Centres of Chartism
       
Chartist settlements
        
Centres of Chartism
     
Area of plug riots, 1842

67. The “Peoples’ Charter”
Drafted in 1838 by William Lovett.
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.

68. The Chartists A female Chartist
A physical force— Chartists arming for the fight.

69. Anti-Corn Law League, 1845
Give manufactures more outlets for their products.
Expand employment.
Lower the price of bread.
Make British agriculture more efficient and productive.
Expose trade and agriculture to foreign competition.
Promote international peace through trade contact.

70. New Ways of
Thinking

71. 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.

72. David Ricardo “Iron Law of Wages.”
When wages are high, workers have more children.
More children create a large labor surplus that depresses wages.

73. 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.

74. Jeremy Bentham

75. 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].

76. Marxism - Communism History is viewed from economic perspective
First Barter, then Feudalism, then Slavery (Mercantilism), then Capitalism (NOW)
Future system is Communism
Will occur through violent uprising by workers (Proletariat) against the owners (Bourgeoisie)
Revolution is a worldwide phenomenon (wherever there is Industrial Revolution)
Revolution is inevitable – and will be replaced by “Communism” (classless society – economically and socially)
It may take time for people to learn to live in Communist society so may have a “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”

77. Br. Govt. Response
to the Dislocation
Created by
Industrialization

78. Government Response
Abolition of slavery in the colonies in 1832 [to raise wages in Britain].
Sadler Commission to look into working conditions
Factory Act [1833] – child labor.
New Poor Law [1834] – indoor relief.
Poor houses.
Reform Bill [1832] – broadens the vote for the cities.

79. British Reform Bill of 1832

80. British Reform Bills

81. The Results of
Industrialization
at the end of the 19c

82. By 1850: Zones of Industrialization on the European Continent
Northeast France.
Belgium.
The Netherlands.
Western German states.
Northern Italy
East Germany  Saxony

83. Industrialization By 1850

84. Railroads on the Continent

85. Share in World Manufacturing Output: 1750-1900

86. The Politics of Industrialization
State ownership of some industries.
RRs  Belgium & most of Germany.
Tariffs  British Corn Laws.
National Banks granted a monopoly on issuing bank notes.
Bank of England.
Bank of France.
Companies required to register with the government & publish annual budgets.
New legislation to:
Establish limited liability.
Create rules for the formation of corporations.
Postal system.
Free trade zones  Ger. Zollverein

87. Bibliographic Sources
“Images of the Industrial Revolution.” Mt. Holyoke College.
“The Peel Web: A Web of English History.”