industrial revolution Flashcards
what years did the revolution
1760-1914
Life before
Before the industrial revolution life was hard
Most people were farmers working in small towns and villages
Education was poor
where did the rev begin
Britain in the 1760s
what did Britain surge ahead in the production of
inexspenive cotton goods
what is the cottage industry
the manufaction of cloth in rural cottages in Britain during the 18th century
who invented the spinning jenny
1764 james hargreaves
who made the water powered loom
edmund cartwright in 1787
what do the spinning jenny and water powered loom do
spin thread faster
who designed the first steam engine
Thoman newcomen
who invented the steam engine with rotary motion
james watt
what year did watt make changes to drive the machinery
1782
why did factories not need to be by water anymore
because steam engines were powered by coal
why did the iron industry boom
bc the need for coal for steam engines
whe was the first locomotive pulled on an industrial line in britain
1804
In 1837 british inventors william cooke and charles wheatstone patented the
first commercial telegraph
1852
britain produced almost 3 million tons of more iron than was produced by the rest of the world combined
1740
Iron industry boomed
In 1840
britain had almost 2000 miles of railroad track crisscrossed much of the country
In 1837 british inventors william cooke and charles wheatstone patented the
first commercial telegraph
Factory owners and people who invested in their factories often
got rich
As capitalists they owned the means of production so
they got the profits
Capitalists
a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry
who made remorse code
Samuel morse
With the development of factories came the
development of cities
PAS
short a
population
agriculture
supply of markets
what was the class system
short a
owners and investors of factories gor rich and the workers were poor
factory workers often worked
16 hour shifts
workers worked in
small spaces
denied breaks
little pay
dangerous machines
intense labor
thegov didnt get involved and protect
workers
By the mid 19th century great britain had become
the world’s first industrial nation and richest nation
who was one of the first states to be industrialized
france
when did French play a big role in industrializatioj
19th century
where did industrialization take over in the mid 1900s
germany
which German state was especially rich in iron and coal resources
prussia
Unification of germany in 1870 led to
rapid industrial growth
*farms were isolated
*urbanization
Bc of the increase in food supply people were
better fed and more resistant to disease
Commercial capitalism
an economic system based on trade
Industrial capitalism
an economic system based on industrial production
*industrial capitalisms new economic stysem
This new economic system produced a new middle class group known as the industrial middle class
