1. The Industrial Revolution
The Revolution that changed the world forever

2. Industrial – Having to do with industry, business or manufacturing
Revolution – a huge change or a change in the way things are done
Industrial Revolution – a change from making things by hand to making them in factories.

3. Britain Leads the way
Britain had large amounts of natural resources and skilled laborers that could use new inventions
People in Britain had enough money to start their own businesses. Created the term…
Entrepreneurs-people who risked all their money to started new businesses
Here a few today…

4. Notable Entrepreneurs

5. Transportation
Before the Industrial Revolution, people relied on the horse and their own feet to get around.
With the invention of the steam locomotive, transportation took a huge step forward.
The first two major railroad companies were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads.
Created a ton of jobs!

6. Passenger carriers

8. An original steam engine

9. Steam locomotive

10. Textiles
With the invention of the spinning jenny and the power loom, the textile industry begins.
Clothes could now be made far faster than ever before.
The fashion industry
takes off!!!!!

11. Spinning wheel
The spinning wheel was the first invention, but it was very slow.
Threads were spun one at a time, by hand.

12. The spinning jenny
The spinning jenny could spin up to eight thread at time. The spinning jenny was much faster than the spinning wheel.

14. A cotton factory

15. Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin that separated seeds from raw cotton
Help make cotton production faster with the use of slaves
Impact: drastically increased the number of slaves in America and made the US the largest producer of cotton in the world

16. Agriculture Advances in agriculture were also made.
The invention of the seed drill allowed farmers to plant many more seeds much more quickly.
The mechanical reaper allowed farmers to harvest their crops more efficiently.
More crops could now be grown due to inventions to feed an increasing population.

17. The seed drill

18. The reaper
The reaper was used to cut down the harvest. As you can see, it would take a long time to do it by hand.

19. The mechanical reaper was a lot faster than doing the hand reaper

20. Steel
With the invention of steel, buildings could be made much taller leading to the growth of cities.
Steel was much harder than iron, which would bend if made too tall.
The steel industry created many new products, and led to the invention of the car.

21. Smoke stacks of a factory

22. A melting plant