The Industrial Revolution

Industrial revolution year 9 History

What was the Industrial revolution?

The Industrial Revolution was a huge period of change (around 1750-1900) when Britain shifted from making things by hand at home to using big new machines in factories, leading to faster production, new inventions (like steam engines), and people moving from the countryside to fast-growing cities for work, transforming life and work forever. 

During what time was animal power replaced by steam power courtesy to watt and Bolton?

17 80s

What were the key events of the Industrial Revolution?

• Steam and water power became more popular around 1780 to 1820

•  multiple inventions within the textiles industry such as a cotton spinning wheel and other large cotton mills

• The increase in the use of steam power allowed for an increase in globalization and trade routes

•  increasing population, farming became more sophisticated, machines that allowed work to be done quicker and on a larger scale this led to many workers go to cities as few jobs remained in the countryside

•  population in cities increased the conditions became worse as more cramped

• All this machinery led to an increased carbon footprint 

• less room for green space as more people were forced into one area,  is again decreasing air quality and increasing carbon footprint 

• In The 1840s Corporation tripled which allowed for increased transport 

• Less jobs meant many were poor there was a larger difference between the rich and the poor 

• More people in one area increased disease

What are the causes of the Industrial Revolution?

• Population growth created demand for goods as there were more people to sell to

• Raw materials contributed to providing a power source for new machines as well as the materials to make these machines form 

• new systems of Transport allowed goods to reach their destination more quickly speeding up production as well as creating demand for materials as this industry developed 

• slave / slavery/the BritishEmpire help provide Industries with the raw materials they needed especially cheap cotton 

• inventors improve manufacture the manufacturing process and other aspects of the system of trade and Commerce creating a new ways of doing things such about a greater change more quickly 

• machinery and infrastructure in agriculture freed up men and women to move to towns and cities as well as keeping them survive but enough food when they were living there.

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the global balance of power?

•  there was a lot up between the rich and the poor countries those who have industrialized have more money 

• colonialism that empire building rich countries are able to take over and export poorer countries

• increase globalization leads to more connected world 

• industrialized countries have a stronger military because of production of Weapons