1. What were the Causes and Nature of the Industrial Revolution
Global History & Geography
10th Grade Boys & Girls
Br. Siraj
December 7, 2018

2. Industrial Revolution
It is a change during the middle of the 18th century in which production of goods shifted from using hand tools to using power-driven machines and from human and animal power to steam power
Industrial revolution began in England

3. Pre-Cursor to Industrial Revolution
Agrarian Revolution: Moved people away from rural life
A change in the method of farming
Three-field crop rotation
New Technology
Dikes to protect farm land and fertilizer to improve fertility
New horse driven steel plow – carruca
Seed drill
Enclosure Movement stripped small farmers of their land

4. Causes of Industrial Revolution
Geography of England
Plenty of coal and iron
Many natural harbors
Navigable rivers for transportation and power generation
Close proximity to sea
Availability of Human resources due to population explosion

5. Entrepreneurial ability of British People Availability of Technology
Capital availability
Overseas colonization generated money
Entrepreneurial ability of British People
Availability of Technology
Science clubs in cities and towns spurred new innovation
Availability of Raw Materials
Colonies in America supplied raw materials
Availability of Markets for Finished Products
Colonies served as markets

6. Nature of the Industrial Revolution
Textile Industry was the first to be affected by the Revolution
Flying shuttle made weaving faster
Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves helped to spin threads faster and in larger quantity.
Power Loom was invented by Edmund Cartwright
James Watt improved the Steam Engine that was used to drive Machinery

7. Coal and Iron Industries
Factory System
Textile industry turned into a factory system from Cottage Industry
In the factory system many humans and machines are put together for mass production
Coal and Iron Industries
Coal was used as fuel for Steam Engines
Mass production of Coal began
Iron ore was purified by a process called puddling

8. railroads Iron, coal and steam engine helped begin the railroads.
First locomotive was introduced in 1804

9. Spread of Industrial Revolution
Britain carefully guarded its innovations from being spread to other countries
However it gradually spread to Belgium, France and Germany.
It was stolen to America by a British engineer.

10. Homework
Questions 1, 2, and 3 on page 588