Innovations of the Industrial Revolution

1

• Innovations of the Industrial Revolution
• Warm Up
• What was life like in England before the
  Industrial Revolution?
• What was the Agricultural Revolution? How did it
  impact the Industrial Revolution?
• What was the first industry to begin to
  industrialize?

2
(No Transcript)
3
Steam Engine New Energyhttp//www.youtube.com/w
atch?vESfSG2OlQYQ
4
Steam Engine New Energy

• Need for Energy
• Early factories relied on horses, water Needed
  more power
• Effects of Steam Engine
• Steam engine invented by James Watt made
  production faster and more efficient
• Improved mining which was used to fuel other
  industries

5
(No Transcript)
6
(No Transcript)
7
Iron and Coal Energy for the Industrial
Revolution
8
Iron and Coal Energy for the Industrial
Revolution

• The Need for Iron and Coal
• Farm tools, factory machines, railways, powers
  steam engines, used to smelt ironmakes pure
• Effect
• Britain produced more iron than all of other
  countries of world combined

9
(No Transcript)
10
Transportation
11
Transportation

• The Need for Better Transportation
• Pre-Industrial transportation relied on horses,
  mules, dirt roads
• Factory owners want to move goods quickly
  cheaply to increased profits
• Innovations
• Stone, asphalt roads
• Canalsman-made rivers
• Railroadfirst built in 1829

12
Transportation

• Effects of Railroads
• Expanded rapidly throughout Britain
• Cheaper transportation increased production
  profits in factories
• RR increased other industries coal, steam
  engines, iron, steel

13
Two New Inventions
14
Two New Inventions

• SteelHenry Bessemer developed steel by adding
  carbon to hot ironmuch stronger lighter than
  iron
• Interchangeable PartsHenry Ford developed
  identical parts to his automobiles that could be
  easily built on assembly line easily replaced

15
Why did Britain lead the Industrial Revolution?
16
Why did Britain lead the Industrial Revolution?

• Geography
• Climate good for textile production
• Plenty of natural resources (iron, coal)
• Separation from European continent kept them out
  of wars
• Government
• Encouraged international trade
• Helped build canals and roads

17
Why did Britain lead the Industrial Revolution?

• Colonial Empire
• Colonies supplied raw materials for manufactured
  goods
• Colonies provided markets for finished goods to
  be sold

18
Why did Britain lead the Industrial Revolution?

• Advantages of Industrializing First
• No other countries were competing for
  manufactured goods
• Had a monopoly on new technology
• Huge profits!!

19
Begin group-work activity Examine 11 innovators
during the Industrial Revolution.

• Each team will research 2 innovators and create a
  placard.
• When finished tape placard up around the room.
• Use matrix to find out information about other
  innovators