11102016 Industrial Revolution Notes HW Maps due Nov

11/10/2016 • Industrial Revolution Notes • HW: Maps due Nov. 16

Agricultural Revolution • New agricultural technology and methods Increase efficiency of agriculture Increased output of crops and livestock Increase in population Increased populations move to cities urbanization

Great Britain: First to Industrialize • Factors of production: the resources needed to produce goods and services that the Industrial Revolution required – Land – Labor – Capital/wealth

Improvements in Transportation • • Steam Ship Canals Paved roads Railroads

Transition to Urban Life • Urbanization: a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities, usually tied to industrialization • Close quarters and unsanitary conditions led to disease epidemics

Agricultural Populations in 1820, 1850, 1870, and 1910 Population changes in English cities from 1801 -1841

Growing Tensions • Between middle class and factory owners – Factory owners were getting rich – Workers led poor and short lives • Between industrialized nations and nonindustrialized nations – Inequalities of wealth – Beginnings of imperialism – Europe becomes dominating continent

Positive Effects of Industrial Revolution • • Created jobs Encouraged technological progress Increased productivity Increased national wealth, especially middle class • Improved standard of living • Cheaper and more readily available products

Negative Effects of the Industrial Revolution • Pollution • Depletion of natural resources • Poor working conditions • Child Labor • Inequality between industrialized and nonindustrialized nations