industrial revolution

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

History: Industrial Revolution

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Background 1563-1908- Constant innovation Started in Britain

1773 -1st cotton mill (cotton spinners) 1712 worlds first steam engine 1775 better steam engine (James Watt) British workers were not allowed to leave the

country 19th- Movement towards more efficient

production of goods. Labor force and economy will be discussed

later

Cotton Spinning Machine- Lewis Paul and James Watt

Steam Engine- James Watt

Industrial Revolution Changing Countries

Samuel Slater Credited for bringing the Industrial Revolution

to America Immigrated from Britain to America Built a cotton spinning machine from memory

Built his own factory Changing America’s economy

North versus South

Industrial Revolution Changing Society

Eli Whitney (1793) The Cotton Gin

Machine used for getting the seeds out of cotton Changed slavery and boosted the South’s economy

Cotton Gin

Industrial Revolution and Transportation

Robert Fulton (1780s) First American to build a steam-powered

engine Revitalized the transportation industry

Quickest way to travel

Robert Fulton’s Steamboat

Industrial Revolution and You

Alexander Graham Bell>Telephone Steve Jobs> Iphone

Thomas Edison >Light Bulbs>Look up >Motion Pictures> Movies>Digital Cameras

Cyrus McCormick>Mechanical Reaper Increases the production of food-Decreases

price Elias Howe/Isaac Singer>Sewing Machine

Handmade>Machine made> Creation of jobs

Industrial Revolution and the Bigger Picture

The Industrial Revolution The Civil War (1861-1865)

Slavery

All inventions from the Industrial Revolution contribute to our way of life.

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1. Make an invention or improve on an existing invention.

1. If you improve something, then you have to say way it needs improving.

2. Explain how it will change our lives.3. Imagine how your invention will effect

the world one hundred years from now.4. Must be at least 4 sentences. Describe

your invention in detail.