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The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution. Origins. Starts in England in the mid 1700’s Why? LOTS of natural resources (primarily coal and iron) Also raw materials from colonies. The 6 M’s (Know this concept!). MINDS i.e. Inventors Like John Kay = the Flying Shuttle. Managers a.k.a Entrepreneurs

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The Industrial Revolution

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  1. The Industrial Revolution

  2. Origins • Starts in England in the mid 1700’s • Why? • LOTS of natural resources (primarily coal and iron) • Also raw materials from colonies

  3. The 6 M’s (Know this concept!) • MINDS • i.e. Inventors • Like John Kay = the Flying Shuttle

  4. Managers • a.k.a Entrepreneurs • People with money to invest in large machines and factories

  5. Markets • Trade networks • Two purposes • Opens markets for goods • Provides money for increasing production capacity

  6. Manpower • LABOR – people to do the work

  7. Money • A.k.a capital

  8. Modes of Transportation • Need to ship goods quickly and cheaply to the consumer • Railroads • Canals • Steamships

  9. Individual Assignment While reading pgs. 574-581 in your textbook about the Technological Revolution fill in the guided note-taking handout provided for you. If you do not finish this in class then it becomes homework for the weekend

  10. Hyde Park – Speakers Corner

  11. Next Week at Speakers Corner… • 1 – Choose your group. 3 or 4 people • 2 – Draw for your social issue • 3 – Assign one speech writer in your group and all other members chose the social groups to research: • Child labor, general conditions & wages for factory work, abolition of the slave trade, abolition of slavery in British colonies, suffrage for all men, suffrage for all women • 4- Check out websites and information packet at home and come prepared next week with your best heckling voices!! (like this guy…)

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