1. Focus 10/14
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain. Political, social, economic, and geographic factors allowed Great Britain to industrialize. Some, like Thomas Malthus, believed the better living conditions would create a global problem. Point for Discussion: What problems could be caused by industrialization? Critical Lens: Industrialization could cause over population. Term to Know: Causation

2. The Industrial Revolution Spreads

3. Industrialization Starts in Great Britain
Favorable geography
Island location
Irregular Coastline
Rivers Natural Resources

4. Industrialization Starts in Great Britain
Agrarian Revolution (improvements in farming) cause out of work farmers to move to the city. (urbanization)

5. Industrial Revolution Spreads
Other nations industrialized slower due to lack of natural resources or capital to invest in industry.

6. Industrial Revolution Spreads
Like Britain, industrialized nations saw rapid urbanization

7. Focus 11/1
The Commercial Revolution encouraged to the development of more advanced financial institutions. This led to the rise of free market economies where consumers and producers decide what gets produced. Points for Discussion: How do consumers and producers determine what gets produced?

8. Industrial Revolution Spreads
Two countries that followed Britain into industrial leadership were Germany and the United States

9. Industrial Revolution Spreads
Marriage of science and industry spurred economic growth
= Growth

10. Industrial Growth
Assembly line made production faster and cheaper

11. Industrial Growth
1856 – British engineer Henry Bessemer develops process to develop steel

12. Industrial Growth
German engineer, Nikolaus Otto develops gasoline powered engine
Gottlieb Daimler uses Otto’s engine to power first automobile in 1887

13. Industrial Growth
Corporations – business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock

14. Industrial Growth
Corporations would form cartels to fix prices, set production quotas, and divide markets

15. Closure
Explain why some countries were slower to industrialize than Britain.
Explain why corporations tend to have a dual image of both good and bad.