The Industrial Revolution

Work done by hand

Very slow Expensive Maybe dangerous

Did use some animals for work

Not 100% reliable Expensive to feed

and house them

Make jobs simpler Faster Safer Cheaper

18th & 19th century

More machines for manufacturing

Coal and Colonies

More production More money More things to

acquire Trade with rest of

world expands

Cotton spinning used to be by hand

Slow process Now, with cotton

from America, able to work quickly

Able to send manufactured textiles back

Made lots of money

Able to produce cast iron cheaply

Begin making things with it by pouring liquid metal into the form they want:

Railroad tracks Bridges Machines Tools

Wind and water first used for powering factories.

Steam engine meant that factories could exist away from rivers and streams

Introduced power elsewhere, in other cities / lands

Factories begin showing up all over

Lights allow life to continue at night

Transportation up and down rivers and along railroads

Types of jobs change, more skilled & specialized.

People move to cities

More educated Global world smaller

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