1. Dawn of the Industrial Age

2. Industrial Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c
Started in Britain in the mid-1700s
Long, slow uneven process in which production shifted from simple hand tools to complex machines

3. Life Changes
By the 1850s, many rural villages became industrial towns and cities

4. Agriculture Spurs Industry
Farming Methods Improve
Fertilizer and livestock restored soil
Less wasteful with land usage
Population multiplies
Surplus of food
Better sanitation and healthcare

5. New Technology Key Steam Engine James Watt
Used a vital power source → COAL
Helped operate machinery and power locomotives and ships
James Watt
Made the steam engine more efficient

6. Britain Leads the Way

7. Why Britain? Natural Resources Capital
Natural ports & navigable rivers
Plentiful supply of coal--KEY!
Capital
Money used to invest in enterprise
A business organization in an area such as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories

8. Textile Industry Advances
Putting-out System
System in which tasks were distributed to individuals who completed the work in their own homes
Eli Whitney
Invented a machine called the cotton gin that separated the seeds from the raw cotton at a fast rate
Birth of Factories

9. One thing leads to another…
Machines produce large quantities of goods more efficiently
Consumers feed the demand for goods
Prices Fall
Lower Prices=Affordable Goods=More Consumers
New Cycle caused a wave of economic & social changes that dramatically affected the way people lived