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Industrial RevolutionTRANSCRIPT
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
History: Industrial Revolution
http://www.history.com/videos/the-industrial-revolition#history-of-the-holidays-the-story-of-labor-day
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.
Blog
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.