Industrial Revolution

3. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGINS IN
BRITAIN
The Agricultural Revolution Paves the Way
• enclosures - land bought by wealthy landowners from
village farmers that became larger fields.
landowners tried new agricultural method
large landowners forced small farmers to become tenant
farmers or to give up farming and move to the cities.

4. Jethro Tull
• seed drill - it allowed
farmers to sow seeds in
well spaced rows at
specific depths.

5. • crop rotation - he practice of planting different crops
sequentially on the same plot of land.

6. • in 1700's , he increased his
mutton output by allowing
only his best sheep to breed.
Robert bakewell

7. Industrialization - greatly increased output
of machine-made goods
that began in England in
the middle 1700's
Why industrial revolution began in england
Factors of production:
the resources needed to produce
goods and services that the
industrial revolution required
• land
• labor
• capital

8. INventions spur
industrialization
Changes in textile industry
Flying shuttle (1733) by John Kay
- a boat-shaped piece of wood, a
shuttle that sped back and forth
on wheels.

10. spinning Jenny (1764)
by James Hargreaves -
spinning wheel that
allowed one spinner to
work eight threads at a
time.

11. machine that used
the waterpower
from rapid streams
to drive spinning
wheels.
Water frame (1769) by Richard Arkwright

12. Spinning mule (1779) by Samuel Crompton - made
thread that was stinger, finer, and more consistent.

13. 1787

14. Improvements in
transportation
Watt's steamed engine
Steamed engine (1765) - James Watt
In 1774, he joined with Mathew
Boulton who encouraged him to build
better engines.

15. Water transportation
Robert Fulton built a steamboat called Clermont
which made its first successful trip in 1807.

16. In early 1800's,
John McAdam
equipped smooth
layer of crushed
rock that even in
heavy rain
weather, heavy
wagons could
travel without
sinking in mud.

17. The railway age begins
Stream driven locomotives

19. The Liverpool-manchester railroad

20. 4 Major Effects
Railroads spurred industrial growth.
The railroad boom hundreds and thousands of jobs for both
railroad workers and miners.
Railroads boosted England's agricultural and finishing
industries.
Railroads encouraged country people to take distant city jobs.
Railroad revolutionize life in britain