Unit 2A

IndustrializationChapter 9

The Agricultural Revolution

• Mechanization• Enclosure• New crops• More yield• End of feudal system

Why Important

• Less farmers• Increase population• More people in cities• Increase demand

The Industrial Revolution1700-1900

• What?– Decline of domestic system– Creation of factory system– City life begins

• Where?– England

• Why England?– Factors of production– Population– Natural resources– Political stability

Textile Industry

• Clothing• Machines too big for home• Build factories• Eli Whitney- cotton gin

Transportation

• Water- steam boat, Fulton– Canals– Channels

• Roads– Mc Adam road– turnpikes

• Railroads– Steam engine on wheels– Culture develops– Industrial growth– New and more fresh food

Effects of Industrial Revolution

• Cities– Factory system: cities grow by factories

• Living in Cities• Tenements• Dirty• Dark• Disease• Crowded• 17yr vs. 38yr

Factories

• 14 hr day• 6 days a week• Child labor• Unsafe• Coal dust• Black lung• mines

Class Tensions

• Middle class grows- skilled workers, professionals, business people

• New social structure• Poor/lower class not improving• Luddites- riots in 1811

Positive Results

• Increased jobs• Increase wealth of nations• Technology & progress• Increase standard of living• Increase hope for future• Healthier diets• Better housing• Cheaper clothing • Live longer