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The Industrial Revolution
The Beginning
The Evolution of Power
Man Power
Animal Power
Water Power
Iron
Steam
Agricultural Changes
Started to enclose animals (fences) …dah! Improved crop rotation Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
– also a 70’s Rock Band featuring the songs Freebird and Aqualung
Food supply inceases Less need for farmers
Industrial Revolution Changes in manufacturing methods from
“hand” to machine, from home to factory
Made with your own hands Made by
machine
Made at home Made in the factory
Where did the industrial revolution
start?
It started in
Great Britain!
Why did it start in Britain?
#1 Good supply of Coal and Water
Supplied the source of energy
#2 Raw materials
#3 Independent and inventive people
#4 Banking system
Reinvest profits in the bank
Bank loans money to create more companies
More jobs More money, etc.
#5 Stable government - not hurt by war
The Inventions
John Kay - flying shuttle
James Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny
Inventors:
Richard Arkwright - Water Frame Samuel Crompton - Spinning Mule Edmund Cartwright - Power Loom
Steam Power / Steam Engine
Thomas Newcomen - Newcomen engine
James Watt - Improved it and gets most credit for inventing it
The Locomotive
Richard Trevithick– hauls iron with a steam
locomotive
George Stephenson– designs trains to haul raw
materials– “The Rocket” train from
Liverpool to Manchester Amazing speed of 24 mph!