THE
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
A New Era 1700-1900
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The Industrial Revolution, Revolution in England
While you watch the video clip answer on
your read-along… What where the 3 things
England had that helped the start of the
Industrial Revolution?
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Rich supply of iron and coal (lots of
resources)
Many viable sources of water (rivers, etc)
Surrounding colonies were supplying them
with raw materials.
New Ideas 1701-1793
Spinning
Jenny
1770
Seed Drill, 1701
Water
Frame
1769
Eli Whitney
1793
Spinning Mule 1779 –
best of both worlds
Flying Shuttle vs. Loom
The Steam Powered
Loom 1787
Flying Shuttle
Created by hand
Created
by
Machine
Individual controlled Flying shuttle
Machine controlled flying shuttle
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2.
What issues arise with the invention of
the hand made flying shuttle? (pros and
cons)
Because we are going to be producing
goods faster what two things will we
need more of?
Issues:
Pros:
Cheap labor
New jobs
Boosted profit
What we need:
Workers and resources
Cons:
Child labor
Crime
Uneven
distribution of wealth
Capitalism- economic system where
anyone can start their own business for the
hopes to gain profit
Entrepreneur- an owner or manager of a
business enterprise who, by risk and
initiative, attempts to make profits
3. Would an entrepreneur/capitalist be
interested in textile factories? Why or why
not?
Actual textile factory
February 2012 Peru
Drawing during the
Industrial Revolution
1764 England
If you were the owner of a new booming
factory in the 1700’s what would your
decisions be on the following?
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Who would you hire? Why?
What would you pay your workers and
why?
What would you do if your factory yielded
a 200% return?
Turning point in history
Industrial Revolution
While you watch the video clip…
Give examples of the living and
working conditions in a booming
town.
Living conditions
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Overly populated -densely
Working conditions
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populated
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no sanitary codes or
building control
Lack of adequate housing,
education, and police
protection
Lack of running water and
indoor plumbing
Frequent epidemics sweep
through the slums
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Workers trying to keep pace
with machine
Factories dirty and unsanitary
Workers running dangerous
machines for long hours (1216 avg.)
Harsh and severe punishments
How would these conditions impact
the social and economic future of the
town?
Economic and Social
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New inventions & the
development of factories
Increased production & 
higher demand
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Growth of worldwide
trade
Population explosion & 
large labor force
Highly developed
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banking and investments
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system
Advancement in
transportation,
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agriculture &
communication
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Long hours worked by
children (cheap labor)
Discrimination
Increase in population in
cities
Inadequate housing and
poor sanitary conditions
Loss of family stability
Expansion of middle
class
Harsh conditions for
laborers
Creation of new jobs
4. Explain how transportation would be
an important issue as factories were
built and products manufactured.
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STEAM ENGINE
James Watt
1765
STEAM POWERED
LOCOMOTIVE 1801
The Rocket first
passenger
locomotive
Robert Fulton – Steam Boat,
1807
5. How is the steam engine going to impact
Great Britain socially and economically?
6. What are going to be a few LONG TERM
effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Social and economic
effects
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More and new jobs
More mobile
Fast communication
Struggle between rich
and poor
War
Over-crowded and not
enough jobs
Imperialism- gaining
indirect control over the
political or economic life
of other areas
Long term effects
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Industrialized nation had
world wide power
Imperialism
Cheaper items
Higher quality items
The need for government
involvement to protect
consumers (new laws)
Public transportation
COKE SMELTING- 1709
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The steam engine
needed fuel and
lumber was in short
supply- coal will
become the new fuel
5. Why?
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In was in abundant supply
Cheap
Burns longer- more efficient
Questions
1. With a partner define the word
free enterprise.
6. Explain how free enterprise had an
impact the industrial revolution?
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What is an innovation?
Name some innovations that were a direct
result of the Industrial Revolution.
Innovations
Sewing
Machine
 Dynamite
 CARS!!!
 Light bulbs
 Typewriter
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Electric
Generators
 Batteries
 Photographs
 Telegraph
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PICTURES OF
THE
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
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The textile manufacturing will enter the
United States in the 19th century (1800’s)
how will it be impacted socially and
economically?
1836 one of the
first weaving
factories in the U.S.
ANSWER
A major shift from agriculture to industry,
more jobs, more profit, more trade, more city
life, war (want freedom from mother country),
imperialism by England
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Bad working conditions? Exploited labor?
Discrimination?