The Industrial Revolution
A. The Industrial Revolution
A. The Industrial Revolution
A change in production methods in the early
1800’s from human power to machine power.
A. The Industrial Revolution
A change in production methods in the early
1800’s from human power to machine power.
1. Before the Industrial Revolution how were
goods made?
A. The Industrial Revolution
A change in production methods in the early
1800’s from human power to machine power.
1. Before the Industrial Revolution how were
goods made?
By hand in homes or small workshops.
A. The Industrial Revolution
A change in production methods in the early
1800’s from human power to machine power.
1. Before the Industrial Revolution how were
goods made?
By hand in small workshops.
2. After the Industrial Revolution how were
goods made?
A. The Industrial Revolution
A change in production methods in the early
1800’s from human power to machine power.
1. Before the Industrial Revolution how were
goods made?
By hand in small workshops.
2. After the Industrial Revolution how were
goods made?
By machines in factories.
B. Mass Production
To make, usually by
machinery on an
assembly line, goods
in large numbers.
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
1. Eli Whitney
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
1. Eli Whitney
Invents the system
of interchangeable
parts for guns.
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
2. Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves
(1765)
A hand-cranked
machine that spun
cotton into thread.
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
3. Water-frame Richard Arkwright
(1768)
A water driven
machine that
produced a stronger
cotton thread.
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
4. Power Loom Edmund Cartwright
(1785)
Thread was woven
into cloth by
machine.
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
5. Steam Engine James Watt (1769)
This engine
powered the new
textile machines.
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
C. Major Inventions and Inventors
6. Samuel Slater
Memorized the plans
for these machines
and brought them to
America.
D. Industrial Revolution in America
1. What is needed to build a successful factory?
D. Industrial Revolution in America
1. What is needed to build a successful factory?
People to work in the factory and buy the
products.
D. Industrial Revolution in America
D. Industrial Revolution in America
1. What is needed to build a successful factory?
People to work in the factory and buy the
products.
Water to power the factories and transport
goods.
D. Industrial Revolution in America
D. Industrial Revolution in America
1. What is needed to build a successful factory?
People to work in the factory and buy the
products.
Water to power the factories and transport
goods.
2. Where were most factories located in
America in the early 1800’s?
D. Industrial Revolution in America
1. What is needed to build a successful factory?
People to work in the factory and buy the
products.
Water to power the factories and transport
goods.
2. Where were most factories located in
America in the early 1800’s?
New England
D. Industrial Revolution in America