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Chapter 17 Lesson 1
The Industrial Revolution
Focus
* How can technology change people's ways of life?
Main Idea
* As you read, look for ways the new technology of the Industrial Revolution changed life in Britain.
Industrial Revolution
* New technology brought about this new idea
* began in Britain
* changed the way people lived and worked
Changes in Agriculture
* mid 1700's British farmers began to use new technology
* wooden plows were replaced with iron plows
* instead of scattering seeds, farmers used a seed drill
* seed drill was invented by Jethro Tull
Crop rotation
* alternating the kind of crops planted in a field from year to year
* Different crops use different nutrients, the soil remains fertile
* Could plant farmland for a longer period of time
* the growing demand for wool brought about changes
* the wealthy farmers bought up many plots of land and forced the farmers off of the land
* the land was used for pasture grazing
* Farmers left the country side to look for work in the cities and towns
textile
cloth or cloth industry
Cottage industry
* families worked in their small homes, or cottages, to make cloth from cotton and wool supplied to them by a merchant
Flying shuttle
* made in 1733
* made it possible to weave cloth twice as fast as on the old looms
* they worked so well it was hard to get enough thread for them
Spinning jenny
* invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves
* one worker could spin eight threads at the same time
* Two other inventions, the spinning frame and the power loom, not only increased cloth production but also changed where the work was done
factories
* large buildings where goods are made
* workers were forced to move near these locations
* the large spinning and weaving machines depended o the power of running water
* early factories were built by fast flowing rivers
James Watt
* built an efficient steam engine
* steam became the power of the Industrial Revolution
Britain Leads the Way
* the Industrial Revolution began in Britain because of the inventors
* Britain had many natural resources, such as iron and coal
* iron was used to make machine parts
* coal was burned to run steam engines
* British colonies supplied industries with low -cost cotton, lumber, wool and other raw materials
* growing numbers of people in Britain and its colonies meant more goods were needed
patent
* a legal document guaranteeing that only the inventor has the right to make and sell the new idea or product
Raw materials
* used to manufacture goods
entrepreneur
* a person who takes a financial risk by putting up money to start a business
* The Industrial Revolution had made Britain the "workshop of the world"
* By 1851 Britain had more factories and more miles of railroad than any other country
* By 1851 the United States, Germany, Belgium, and France had also started to industrialize
* Economic success gave Britain and the other industrial nations new strength in dealing with other nations and peoples
* by 1900 Japan was having an industrial revolution
Chapter 17 Lesson 1 Study Questions
due on Tuesday 01-13
1. Why would an iron plow be better than a wooden plow?
2. Why might it be said that if the flying shuttle had not been invented, the spinning jenny would not have been invented?
3. What new ways of farming did British farmers introduce?
4. How did new technology change the textile industry?
5. Why did Britain lead the way in the Industrial Revolution?
6. Why did the invention of different types of machines increase after 1769?
7. Do you think the British could have led the Industrial Revolution of Britain had not coal and iron? Explain your answer.
8. What area had the greatest number of industries?
9. What was life like for working people during the Industrial Revolution?
10. What steps did the industrial countries take to find new markets and new sources of raw materials?
11. Why did Britain and other industrial nations want more colonies?
12. How can technology change people's ways of life?
13. Name the inventions that shaped the Industrial Revolution.
14. Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
15. Why did the British use crop rotation?
16. What changes did the demand for wool have on the farmers? Why?
17. What was the flying shuttle?
18. What was the spinning jenny?
19. What event revolutionized the textile industry in 1769? Why?
20. Describe, in detail, the cities during the Industrial Revolution.
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