Industrialization
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Industrialization – process of developing machine production of goods
Revolution-major change
WHAT WAS?
WHAT IT BECOMES?
Individuals
Machine made – power driven
Hand made
Becomes a factory (manufactory)
Manual labor
Mass production
Muscle power – man and power
Assembly line
Home- domestic system cottage system
Interchangeable parts
Industrialization
Workers
Labor force
Agricultural revolution- in farming methods
PALEOLITHIC(was)
NEOLITHIC(become)
Hunters and gatherers
Farmers
They were nomad there was no civilization
domesticated, settlement-villages cities- civilization
Agricultural Revolution
Was-Became
Iron tipped plow-wooden plow , better easier
rigid horse harness-oxen
3 field system- 2 fields
1600s Netherlands (Holland)
Reclaim land from the sea
More land to farm
Systematic use of fertilizer
Jethro Tull- invented seeding machine—more produce
Lord Charles Townshed- “Turnip”
Instead of polwing only two and leave one unworked, plow two and thither palnt turnips , it rejouvinates minerals and nutrients. (put clover too)—-more food and more produce.
Robert Bakewell- British Landowner, selective breeding
Workers- ready labor force
Mystery- connection between agricultural revolyiona and industrial revolution -Tull Seed Drill
More food less workers
Enclosure Movement
Fence off the lsnd for personal use by land lord.
Small farm owner=trouble
Sell farm- jobless, unemployed
Population increase
Jobs-dcrease
Jobless, unemployed
Workforce
Agricultural revolution-
More people
Less jobs
Workers are ready to work
Dr. Edward Jenner – something strange is going on , small pox is terrible many people didnt get small pox he made the 1st vaccines vs. small pox from cow pox, in latin cow=vacca population- increase- 70- killion
Europe
1800
120Million
190 Million
Is necessity the mother of invention?
Did a chain reaction of invention happen?
What were other advantages England had?
Well the population increased because ther was more food and there was health improvement.
More people- more demand more need
Invention- John Kay weaving tool called the flying shuttle. It had to do with textile. Textile is fabric , cloth material.
A german word for factory is “Fabrik”
Need more thread invention- James Hargveaves – Spinning Jenny- this did work for eight people.
Water powered machine
Weaving and spinning
Water powered river
Use of large buildings.
Production- no longer at home
Factory – H20 mills
There was a problem with water mills: it freezes or there are droughts.
Machine made of iron eventually coal powered stem engine
Natural resources – plentiful coal powered and iron machined essential.
Industrial revolution – whatever great Britain didnt have they could have got it from other countries.
Capital – (GB)Great Britain had it
They had money to invent
People in GB had money to invest to make more money
Most nobility and royalsdid not invest in Buisness
Middle class- had money- invest $
Bourgeoisie, merchants, entrepreneurs- enter and take
Businesspersons wanted to enter business and take money (profit) willing to risk money.
Weber Thesis- money available in GB because they were protestants.
Government- co-op of government, stable good government encourage business tax breaks built roads canals developed Laisessez-faire policy
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Let them make/do
Hands off, no interference let business take care of itself.
Urbanization
People move from farms to sities. Which they had jobs
In farms they didnt havce andy jobs- machines take over- spinning jenny took over
Enclosures- 1.factories
2. mines