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Industrial Revolution Begins

Industrial Revolution Begins. Ms. Ramos Alta Loma High School. Why was England the first to industrialize?. http://sustainability.tufts.edu/?pid=10. BE SARGG. Banking Entrepreneurship Stable Agricultural Revolution Geography Government. Banking. capital to invest.

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Industrial Revolution Begins

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  1. Industrial Revolution Begins Ms. Ramos Alta Loma High School

  2. Why was England the first to industrialize? http://sustainability.tufts.edu/?pid=10

  3. BE SARGG • Banking • Entrepreneurship • Stable • Agricultural • Revolution • Geography • Government

  4. Banking • capital to invest http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/10/12/694617/sterling-etf-a-sterling-play-for-2011 Ms. Ramos

  5. Entrepreneurship http://www.erih.net/biographies.html

  6. Stable Government • No war at home • Domestic trade not interrupted • Laws & property rights include investment

  7. Agricultural Revolution • More people • Agric profit $ to invest • Greater demand for goods

  8. Geography • Resources to make goods • Coal • Iron • Rivers • Ports http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/brummettconcise/chapter98/medialib/thumbs/ch24_514.html

  9. Go to the number of the factor you believe was most important to industrialize 1- Banking 2- Entrepreneurship 3- Stable government 4- Agricultural revolution 5- Geography

  10. First factories • Sheds by streams • Workers go to factory

  11. Transportation • Canals • Bridges • Steam locomotive!!! • Can go over land • 1st major rail line: Liverpool -Manchester

  12. Newspapers could be sent from London all over the country. Seaside towns developed; the railways made cheap day trips possible People were able to travel greater distances for leisure & to work Turnpike Trusts, canals & stage coach companies could not compete & went bankrupt. Social & Economic Impact of the Railways Railway engineering towns grew up, E.g. Crewe & Doncaster. Townspeople were able to receive meat, fish, milk and vegetables brought in whilst they were still fresh by the railways. Industry grew, because the railways needed coal & iron; railways in turn allowed factories to transport their goods to markets. The Post was speeded up People became more interested in politics & this led to the growth of political parties Fish & Chips First Class Mail www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

  13. Railways cut the cost of transporting goods How many horses would be needed to transport 40 tons by road? Economic Changes www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

  14. Goods can now be sold for less. Railways make the moving of goods cheaper. This is called the Cycle of Prosperity More people can afford to buy these goods More people with jobs means … More goods are sold & so more need to be produced. Businessmen employ more workers. How did railways create more jobs? www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

  15. Social Changes GMT? www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

  16. Which famous books did Charles Dickens write? What is this woman doing? Cultural Changes www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

  17. Impact on the landscape? Environmental Changes www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

  18. Sea Travel • Robert Fulton • Steam engine • Clermont up Hudson River • FAST!!!!--- 5mph • Steam freighters w/iron hull • 10-20x cargo of wooden ships

  19. http://www.unb.ca/transpo/mynet/clermont.gif

  20. Homework • Using your textbook, create a chart of major inventions from the Industrial Revolution.

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