Introduction to the Industrial Revolution

Introduction to the Industrial Revolution

Not a political revolution!

Let's see what you know, as we go...

A few questions for you!

Multiple Choice

What is industry?

• the process of learning how to make goods by hand

• the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

• investing in a factory

Multiple Select

Check the boxes below that are "raw materials".

• cotton

• coal

• iron

Quick review...

• Industry (or industrial) is the process of how humans make products in factories, on machines.

• Before the Industrial Era, people made all things they needed to survive, by hand. This was time-consuming.

• People had to make their clothes, shoes, candles to see, farming equipment, pottery, etc.

• People owned few items. They had what they needed.

The BIG Idea...

The Industrial Revolution was the transition in modern history from making products/goods by hand to making products/goods on machines. It began in the mid 1700s in Great Britain.

Multiple Choice

The cottage industry

• is small scale industry, where people made goods in their homes.

• is the process of making cottage cheese.

The Cottage Industry

• During the cold season, when not farming, people made products in their homes.

• They were paid for what they made.

• Each "cottage" (house) completed a step in the process of making a product.

Multiple Choice

What is an entrepreneur?

• a person who works in a factory for a large corporation

• a person who buys goods and shops online

• a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so

Entrepreneurs

• These were people who took "capital" (money) to invest in a business opportunity.

• They would buy the raw materials and give them to the workers who would make the product.

• They would sell the products for a profit. Making a profit would add to their "capital".

• With that capital, they could invest more in the process.

Multiple Choice

People who buy products are called...

• parasites

• consumers

• vendors

Some historical context...

The Agricultural Revolution

The Agricultural Revolution

• Before people could focus on improving how they made goods they had to get better at farming.

• Agriculture is the science of farming.

• People did get better at farming in the 1700s. They developed better tools and systems.

Multiple Choice

An important development in farming...click on the picture that you can infer was most important historically to the agricultural revolution.

Better farming included...

• Crop Rotation (planting different crops in your fields each year).

• The seed drill, planting seeds below the surface, in neat rows.

• And fencing!

The takeaway...

Once a society became better at farming, they had more time for innovation and could shift their focus to creating new industries.

Why Great Britain in the 1750s??

• Had an agricultural revolution.

• Had access to raw materials, including from their colonies.

• Had a stable government.

• Had a government that invested in infrastructure. (What's that...roads, canals, trains.)

• Is an island: protected from foreign invasion, strong navy.