The Spread of the Industrial Revolution

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The Spread of the IndustrialRevolution

• A. Why does it spread?
• B. IR in the United States
• C. IR in Continental Europe
• D. Worldwide Impact of Industrialization

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A. Why does it spread?

• England will try to stop industrialization from
  spreading
• Why?
• because it made England the wealthiest nation in
  the world
• England will ban people who have worked in the
  factories from leaving the country
• Will not work the IR will spread across the
  globe

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• Advances in science and technology will help the
  Industrial Revolution spread
• Louis Pasteur discovers that bacteria causes
  diseases (will help end the problem of cholera)
• Henry Bessemer discovers a way to produce steel
  a stronger metal than iron
• Thomas Edison discovers the light bulb and
  works to improve electricity

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• The Railroad will help the IR spread more than
  any other invention

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B. IR in the United States

• IR begins in the U.S. because of Samuel Slater
  immigrating from England in 1791
• Problem it is expensive to industrialize, so the
  IR slowly develops in the U.S.

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• The War of 1812 between England the U.S.
  finally forced the U.S. to develop independent
  industries
• Will follow Englands example of industrializing
• Copy Machines
• Start with the Textile Industry
• Resources include iron, oil, water, and coal

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• The United States faced many of the same problems
  that England did
• Poor working conditions
• Poor living conditions
• Child Labor

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C. IR in Continental Europe

• Continental Europe was slow to develop
  industrially because of the Napoleonic wars
• Began in Belgium, then spread to the rest of the
  continent

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• Copied the British model by importing British
  equipment and engineers.

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• Germany was the next to industrialize
• Industrialization spread through the rest of
  Europe by region rather than by country
• There were pockets of industrialization
  throughout even when the majority of country was
  still rural and agricultural
• Not all countries in Europe industrialized

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D. Worldwide Impact of Industrialization

• Rise of Global Inequality widened the gap
  between industrialized (rich) and
  non-industrialized (poor) nations
• Industrialized nations began to compete to gain
  colonies for markets and resources