1. The Industrial Revolution

2. The Way Things Were… Most people made a living by farming
Lived in villages
Very little travel

3. What made things change?
The Industrial Revolution
Refers to a huge increase in the production of man-made goods
Started in 18th century England

4. England The Industrial Revolution begins in England Large population
Constant supply of food due to new crop rotation
Stable economy
Stable government
Constitutional monarchy
Abundant natural resources
Iron ore, coal, rivers

5. Textile Industry 1st to industrialize New inventions Cotton gin
Spinning Jenny
1st to industrialize
New inventions
Flying shuttle
Spinning Jenny
Cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Increased cotton production in USA
Cotton gin
Flying Shuttle

6. James Watt
Made the steam engine work faster and more efficiently

7. Railroads Steam Engine allowed for invention of Railroad System
Revolutionized the amount of materials that could be transported as well as travel time

8. Thomas Edison
Patented over 1000 inventions including the light bulb and the phonograph

9. Louis Pasteur Germ theory of disease Heat kills bacteria
Pasteurization
Kills germs in liquids
pasteurizing milk

10. Marie Curie Discovered radioactivity
Won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of radium and polonium
Died from radiation poisoning

11. Long-Term Effects Initially, lots of issues
Pollution, terrible working conditions
Eventually…
Better wages.
Safer working conditions.
More strict sanitation laws…water and air.
Child labor laws & regulations.
To sum it all up…A rise in the standard of living.