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Warm Up List three inventions that you can’t live without. Explain why
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Lecture 15
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Life before Industrial Revolution Most people worked the land using homemade tools Made their own clothing Grew their own food (sustenance farming)
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Agriculture Leads to Industry Farming methods improve Built levees to gain more farmland Used fertilizer; crop rotation to restore soil Combine small farms into large ones (enclosure) Agricultural production increases More food = more population Less workers needed in the fields More people available for factories
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Seed Drill
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A different kind of revolution Agricultural Revolution (1750 – 1900) Change from simply farming to massive production by using machines & new techniques Industrial Revolution (1750 – 1850) Change from a rural (farm), make-it-yourself economy to urban (city), machine driven manufacturing
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New Technology Becomes Key New Sources of Energy developed Coal powered steam engines Intense heat of coal allowed for iron production
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Steam Engine
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