what? it was an economic revolution, it changed the way goods were produced. people started moving...
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What? It was an economic revolution, it changed the way goods were produced. People
started moving from the farms to the cities, so they
could work on factories
When?It started in the 18th
century, exactly between the years 1750
and 1780.
Where?It first started in England,
but then it spread through all Europe and eventually the world.
Causes
1.- People were willing to risk their
money
2.- Britain had coal which was used to power the machines
3.- New roads were build, helping the
trade
6.- New machines were invented, as
technology and science improved
4.-Farming improved, there
was enough food to feed the
population
5.-New banks, people could
borrow money to start their
factories
7.- There was a “laissez-faire” policy,
people should be left to get on with
their livesIndustrial Revolution
Population Growth
OR
There was an Industrial Revolution because the population increased…
The population increased so there was an Industrial Revolution.
Working Conditions
They were paid little and the places they
work were dangerous. Sometimes kids´
aprons got stuck in te machines and caused
great injuries or death.
It was poor and miserable, people didn
´t sleep and couldn´t rest, therefore they were always tired.
They also starved and got beaten.
Everybody had to work, including
children. They worked for 12 h and for 6 days a week, depending on
the factory
And the laws?
There were no laws at all because of the “laissez-faire” policy, each factory had their own laws & rules.
This lead to great abuse!!
The Children Treatment:Safety:
Children as young as 6 worked in the industrial revolution, with little pay or sometimes not at all.
Orphans:
There was no safety at all, there were lots of accidents because of the machines. Millions of children got severe injuries or sometimes died.
Orphans were treated like slaves. Factories offered the orphans food, shelter and clothing but at the end they gave the orphans the hardest work and were the most abused.
They were treated cruelly, the people which the children served yelled and beated them. A common punishment was called the “weighted”. This consisted in tieing a weight to a worker neck and make him walk all around the factory, so the children would “take example”.
Inventions
Steam Engine- 1775James Watt
Sewing Machine-1844Elias Howe
Cotton Gin-1793Eli Whitney
Telegraph-1836Samuel Morse
Telephone-1876Alexander Graham Bell
Transatlantic Cable-1866Cyrus Field
Sources• http://americanhistory.about.com/library/cha
rts/blchartindrev.htm
• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_working_conditions_of_the_Industrial_Revolution#slide6
• http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002_p7/ak_p7/childlabor.html
• http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex/16-educational/history/271-industrial-revolution.html
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