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Industrial Revolution in England
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This lesson discusses the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England and the innovations behind the Industrial Revolution

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  3. About the time of the American Revolution, Great Britain started using machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines. -Locomotives were soon invented Productivity began to climb By 1850, England was the workshop of the world

  4. Was it a 'revolution' or and 'evolution'? Revolution: immediate Evolution takes time .NRF Crafts: 'revolution' for Industrial Revolution is a misnomer. -Industrial development in the 18th century was a culmination of gradual changes. -It's impact was evolutionary: as time went on, new methods of production and treatment of workers emerged, markets kept opening etc Revolutionary: Between mid 18th to mid 19th century England changed dramatically -roads, railways, rivers and canals sprang up

  5. Villages became populous towns -Factories replaces farms British society changed - there was mass migration This relatively sudden change in the way people live deserves to be called a revolution

  6. Technological Developments During the Industrial Revolution Metallurgy -Replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with coal for smelting Coal more efficient and abundant Smelting iron using cupolas (furnaces): Sir Clement Clerke Coke to fuel blast furnace: Abraham Darby .Rolling and puddling: Henry Cort (new process of manufacturing iron) Hot blast: JB Neilson (saved energy in making pig iron

  7. -Textiles: .Flying shuttle: John Kay Spinning Jenny: James Hargreaves -Steam power: James WAtt Chemicals: sulphuric acid (by John Roebuck), dyestuffs (Germany took leadership) Agriculture: seed drill, Dutch plough, threshing machine Mining: steam pump by Savery to remove water from mines