Dawn of the Industrial Age Chapter 5 Section

Dawn of the Industrial Age Chapter 5 Section 1 S

Industrial Revolution S What is it? S Discuss with your neighbor

Industrial Revolution S What is it? S Industrial Revolution=a chain of events set in motion in the mid-1700 s that slowly changed life from hand tools to complex machines. S Starts in Britain

Industrial Revolution S What did the world look like before the industrial revolution? S Discuss with your neighbor

Industrial Revolution S What did the world look like before the industrial revolution? S 1750, most worked on the land S Handmade tools S Firelight and candles S Made own food and clothes S 1850, people lived in urban centers S Buy things S New inventions

Inventions 1830 -1855 S Anesthetic S U. S. dentist developed S Prevents pain during surgery S Sewing Machine S U. S. invention S Antiseptic S Hungarian doctor S Reduced risk of women dying during childbirth

Agriculture Spurs Industry S Farming methods improved S Dutch led way in agricultural revolution S 1700 s, British expanded on Dutch methods S Charles Townshend S Urged to grow turnips as they restored the soil S Jethro Tull S Invented the seed drill to aid farmers S Deposited seeds in rows rather than scattering wastefully over the land

Jethro Tull’s Seed Drill

Enclosure Increases Output S Enclosure S The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers S Wealth landowners did this S To create larger fields that could be cultivated more efficiently S Farm output ROSE

Enclosure Increases Output S What might have happened to the peasant farmers? S Discuss with your neighbor

Enclosure Increases Output S Fewer workers needed S No work, and no land S Peasants left looking for work S Labor force was growing

Population S Population multiplies considerably S Britain S 1700 5 million people S 1800 9 million people S Why did this happen? S Discuss with your neighbor

Population S Reduced risk of disease S Reduced risk of famine S Surplus of food S Sanitation and hygiene improved S Improved medical care

Population S Reduced risk of disease S Reduced risk of famine S Surplus of food S Sanitation and hygiene improved S Improved medical care

New Technology S Energy Revolution S Vital power source=coal S Steam engine used coal S James Watt S Improved steam engine S Steam engine key to industrial revolution S Opened door for trains and steamships

New Technology S Iron improves S Coal used for producing iron S 1709, Abraham Darby used coal instead of charcoal to smelt iron from its ore S Smelt S To melt rock that contains metal in order to get metal out