INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

WHAT LED TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• Advancement in technology
• Advancement in electricity
• Cities were becoming more urbanized
• Production of goods became more machine based

BEGINNING

• During the 19th century America began to move toward factories
• Used power driven machines to mass produce goods
• Factories replaced household workshops and artisan shops
• It first started in Great Britain during the 18th century
• Inventors came up with ways to use coal as a sufficient energy source to drive the the machines

BEGINNING CONTINUED

• Inventors developed machines to quickly and mass produce goods
• In 1793 Samuel Slater established first mechanized textile factory
• It only produced one part of the clothing until three Bostonians came up with a machine that did all of the stages

INVENTIONS

• Eli Whitney- the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
• James Watt- first reliable steam engine
• Elias Howe- sewing machine
• Nikola Tesla- induction electric motor

EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE NORTH

• Most of the northern states began to industrialize and cities grew
• Agriculture had diminished greatly in the north
• Slavery had almost completely died out in the north as well
• Farmers had smaller farms and mostly sold livestock

EFFECTS IN THE SOUTH

• Eli Whitney's cotton gin expedited the production of cotton gin(allowed the cotton to be cleaned quickly and sufficiently)
• It also allowed it to mass produce the cotton since cotton was in such high demand
• This caused farmers to buy large amounts of land
• Slavery also grew in the south because the larger land needed to be cultivated more rapidly
• From 1790 to 1810 it went from 3,000 cotton bales a year to 178,000 bales a year

SOUTH CONTINUED

• By 1808 250,000 more slaves were brought to America

TRANSPORTATION

• Robert Fulton built the first steam boat during the early 1800s
• Before goods were hauled by horse wagons
• By the 19th century steamships were carrying goods across the Atlantic
• Steam locomotives were also appearing during the 1800s
• British engineer Richard Trevithick built first railway locomotive

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• Locomotives allowed people to travel thousands of miles
• It also made transporting goods much easier

COMMUNICATION

• As more and more inventions were being created communicating also became easier
• The telegraph was invented by William crooked and Charles Wheatstone
• By 1866 a telegraph cable was successfully laid across the Atlantic
• Telegraphs allowed for easy communication

LIFE DURING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• The industrial revolution brought more variety to everyday life
• It effected mostly the middle and upper class
• The poor and working class still struggled with challenges
• People were often injured and worked in poor working conditions
• Children were working long hours and were being injured

WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT?

• The industrial revolution greatly changed the methods of which goods were produced
• It allowed for goods to be mass produced
• It also effected the way of living
• The revolution also effected the making of inventions, it led to many other inventions to be be created
• It set a precedent for many other countries to start industrializing

CONTINUED

• It increased the population in the world
• It also increased the volume of goods and allowed for more variety
• Without the industrial revolution occurring life would be different today
• The effects of the revolution still impact us today

HOW IT EFFECTS US TODAY

• If we if it did not occur today we would not have electricity
• We would not have phones today if it did not occur
• We also wouldn't have cars or trains or boats
• With out it we wouldn't be where we are today