Aim How did the Agricultural Revolution transform life

I New Machines! A) 1764 the spinning jenny, a machine that produced multiple spools

Mechanical Innovations Continued… C) 1712 the first practical steam engine was invented (used primarily

The First Cast Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, 1779

A puddler and his helper remove a 150 -pound, near molten ball of wrought

II Transportation A) Early 1800 s, Robert Fulton built the first successful steamboat. B)

III Communication In 1837 the electrical telegraph was invented. 1866 a telegraph cable was

IV A Changing Economy A) 1770 s a stock exchange was established in London.

Key Vocabulary Bessemer Process Laissez-faire Macadam Roads Power Loom Puddling Method Spinning Jenny Adam

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Aim: How did the Agricultural Revolution transform life in Europe?

I New Machines! A) 1764 the spinning jenny, a machine that produced multiple spools of threads at the same time. B) 1780 s the power loom mechanized the process of weaving cloth. Spinning Jenny Power Loom

Mechanical Innovations Continued… C) 1712 the first practical steam engine was invented (used primarily to pump water out of mines). D) 1783 the Puddling Method made production of cast iron easier. E) 1850 s Henry Bessemer developed the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel. The Bessemer Process raises the temperature of the iron mass and keeps it molten.

The First Cast Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, 1779

A puddler and his helper remove a 150 -pound, near molten ball of wrought iron from a puddling furnace at Youngstown Sheet & Tube’s Campbell Works in the 1920 s.

II Transportation A) Early 1800 s, Robert Fulton built the first successful steamboat. B) Early 1800 s the first railway steam locomotive was invented. C) 1820 the macadam process allowed for smoother roads.

Railroad Lines 1830 - 1850

Steam Locomotive, Canada

Steam Ship, South Africa

Macadam Road, California

III Communication In 1837 the electrical telegraph was invented. 1866 a telegraph cable was successfully laid across the Atlantic. Morse-Vail Telegraph Key, 1845

IV A Changing Economy A) 1770 s a stock exchange was established in London. The New York Stock Exchange was founded in the 1790 s. B) 1776 economist Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations”. He promoted a capitalist/market economic system based on supply and demand, the private ownership “If any branch of trade, or of businesses, and laissez-faire (lack any division of labor, be advantageous to the of government interference). public, the freer… the competition, it will always be the more so. ”

New York Stock Exchange 1889

Key Vocabulary Bessemer Process Laissez-faire Macadam Roads Power Loom Puddling Method Spinning Jenny Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” Steam Engine Stock Exchange Telegraph