1. The Industrial Revolution

2. The Industrial Revolution
Fundamental changes in the way goods were made and produced.
From cottage industry to factories
MASS PRODUCTION
Large scale production of identical goods
Steam power to run machinery

3. The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION begins in
Great Britain

4. Why Industrialization begins in Britain
Geographical Advantages
Harbors, rivers & coal
Transportation and Communications
Coastal trade, canals, port towns, postal service, newspapers, navy

5. Why Industrialization begins in Britain
Large Colonial Empire
Raw materials
Powerful middle class
Capital, labor and new industrial inventions

6. Why Industrialization begins in Britain
Improvements in Agriculture
Scientific method use to improve production

7. Innovations in Textile Manufacturing
Spinning jenny (1764), used a single wheel to control several spindles at a time.

8. Innovations in Textile Manufacturing
*James Watt, a Scottish inventor, improved the steam-engine (1769)
Allowed factory construction to be placed anywhere, no longer dependant on water

9. SHIFTING from home to factory

10. From HOME to Factory DOMESTIC SYSTEM (Pre-Industrial Rev.)
Craftsmen working at home, spinning wool by hand

11. From Home to FACTORY Factories
Large number of workers could be supervised and use machines driven by water or steam power
England’s plentiful supplies of coal and water provided resources to run the factories

12. Working Conditions
Appalling places to work, with unsafe and unpleasant conditions
Work hours were long, and workers pay was low
Children performed dangerous tasks

13. Write a caption for this cartoon

14. U R B A N I Z A T I O N
From the countryside farms (RURAL)

15. With the shift of work to factories,
URBANIZATION
With the shift of work to factories,
Large number of workers moved
From their farms & countryside-homes to cities.

16. Urbanization Cities became crowded and highly unsanitary
Factory smoke polluted the air
Local governments were often unable to cope with the needs of large numbers of workers

17. Describe how the painting depicts changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution.

19. Coalbrookedale by Night (1801) Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

20. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
What factors caused the Industrial Revolution?
How did the Industrial Revolution change the ways people lived?

21. The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The transformation of Britain