1. Technology and the Industrial Revolution
Repercussions

2. Energy Lack of power was the central reason for poverty The answer?
New sources of energy were needed to provide more power
By the 1800’s Britain had cut down almost all of her trees
The answer?

3. Coal Was the alternative energy It had it problems though: The answer?
Mines were dug too deep
Keep flooding
Needed to find a way to empty them for a source of more energy
Previously horse teams were used to try to pump out the water
The answer?

4. Steam Engine
By the 1780’s the steam engine was the greatest success of the Industrial Revolution
Steam power begins to replace water power
Greatly changed all aspects of the economy

5. Steam engine, what’s the big deal?
The steam engine is the first device that turns large scale heat energy into mechanical energy
Previously heat was only used for: heat, and cooking
Now heat could be used to accomplish large feats of strength previously impossible
The steam engine is the first modern machine and sets the stage for all machines to come after it

6. Transportation
Roads were improved, but shipping by land was still very expensive:
By 1816 an Iron Rail was developed
This lead to the inventions of locomotives and then to trains

7. Cultural Consequences of the Railway:
Changed the outlook and values for an entire society
The power/speed of trains was a new experience
It fired the imagination of the 19th century
The space between places was shortened (time)

8. GNP Gross National Product Economic Consequences for the GNP
The value of all goods and services produced by the entire economy in a year
Economic Consequences for the GNP
Iron production rose
Larger markets were now possible which lead to larger factories which make goods cheaper

9. The Factory:
Workers from the cottage industry were used to independent work
They found that they disliked the routine and work tempo imposed by machines
Had to learn to work long hours
This leads to conflict with traditional values

10. Factories
Factories were being built in urban areas because of population density needed to fuel the factories
Families came to the factories in full family units
Children worked along side their parents

11. Social Effects of Factory Labour
Workers felt they had lost control of their lives
Faced with a lifetime of repetitive tasks
Factories were taking over jobs
People lost status and income

12. Role of Women
Industrialization saw women’s work differentiating from mens work
When spinning was mechanized women lost a traditional occupation
Women went and worked in garment industry
Men were in mining/metals
Women were low paid
Men still believed women should be homemakers

13. Reactions: early 19th century
Luddism (Luddite)
A spontaneous up welling of hatred for factories
workers burned mills and factories
By 1811 many mills and machines had been destroyed by angry mobs