Unit+III+Notes

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Beginning
1750- Began in England By 1850- Great Britain was the wealthiest country in the world. Eventually it spread from there across Europe and to the new world where eventually made the U.S.

Agriculture Revolution
Took place before the Industrial Revolution and made it possible Crop rotation and more productive farming made it possible to produce more crops on less land, with less people. Enclosures- land was deeded/owned and fenced

Reasons Britain was first

 * Population Boom
 * Investment in Machinery
 * Important resources as Iron Ore and Coal

Textile Industry First
The spinning Jenny, Ruchard Arkwright's water frame, and the power loom made production efficient Factories were created to keep up to production James Watt's steam engine made the factory system **BOOM!**

**Transportation Revolution**
In response to the iron/steel/machinery boom, a transportation to revolution occurred. More roads and canals. Railroads became the biggest factor in the industrial succes. The steam engine made railroads king and demand fro iron/coal helped those industries boom as well. Ability to transport goods= more supply and demand.

The Industrial Factory
Factories became the main means of production(no more home goods) Workers were paid wages to work machines. Workers had to work on pace and time to keep up with demand. Discipline had to be enforced by owners to make money.

Romanticism
A movement that was created to move away from classicism and an artistic response to the Industrial Revolution.

Charles Dickens wrote novels like "A Christmas Carol" and "Oliver Twist" to portray what it was like in industrial England.

Wordsworth- Poetry, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelly (Frankenstein), Beethoven.

Progress
The Second Industrial Revolution was characterized by steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum.

1850-World War I

The New Production
Production became more efficient with the invention of assembly line manufacturing by Henry Ford in 1913.

Interchangeable Parts made the manufacturing of machines easier.