Causes and Effects

Industrial Revolution

A New Age of the Machine

Complete the following outlineEach important event needs a cause and

effect –find them.When complete, inform your teacher.

Together, you will post your presentation on your class wiki at www.socialstudies8grade.wikispaces.com

Instructions

Contributing factors:A: Agricultural practices changed

B: Population Grew

C: Money investing and investors.

D: Transportation

The Industrial Revolution is Born in Great Britain

Changes in Cotton Production:

A: The invention of the “flying shuttle” made weaving faster.

B: The water –powered loom invented by Edmund Cartwright

The Death of the Cottage Industry

The Coal and Iron Industries

A:. The demand for coal for the steam engines led to an expansion in coal production. Using coal aided the transformation of the iron industry

B: A process called puddling helped to produce a better quality iron. With this process the British iron industry boomed.

Natural Resources = Raw Materials

Railroads

A: Were particularly important to the success of the Industrial Revolution.

B: Building railroads created new jobs for farm laborers and peasants. This lead to the creation of larger markets, more factories, and more machinery.

Infrastructure and Transportation

What technological changes led to Industrialisation?

What was the social impact of the Industrial Revolution on Europe –especially on women and children?

New World, New Problems

New machines

Railroads

Changes in the cotton production

The factories

What technological changes led to Industrialisation

Two new social classes emerged :1. The industrial middle class2. The industrial working class

People were better fed and resistant to diseases

Children and women were exploited by owners of cotton factories

What was the social impact of the Industrial Revolution on Europe –especially on women and children?

The End