1. 5.1 Dawn of the Industrial Age

2. Standard And Objective
Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic and cultural change
Objective-To understand the events that brought about industrialization

3. I. Life Changes as Industry Spreads
It started in Britain
1750 traditional way of life was farming, grew their own food and made their own clothes
1850 many people lived in industrial towns and could buy things produced by others

4. II. Agricultural Revolution
Farming Methods improve
Seed Drill
Crop Rotation
Soil Mix
Fertilizer
Enclosures
Rich landowners combined small farms into larger ones

5. II. Agriculture Revolution cont.
Many farmers were out of work with the better farming and migrated to the cities
Population multiplies- surplus and better quality food increased the population
Both of these led to a growing labor force

6. III. New Tech Becomes Key
James Watt invents the Steam Engine
Steam Engine- Key source of power during the industrial rev. trains/steamships/factories
Adam Darby-new Smelting techniques w/coal improved the quality of iron

7. Question
How was the Indus. Rev. able to happen?