The+Industrial+Revolution

Daniel Abercrombie Industrial Revolution

Followed the Agricultural Revolution Lower food prices allowed ordinary families to buy luxury items Increased population made surplus labor pool no customs barriers in England facilitated domestic trade Entrepreneurs had capital to invest from profit from cottage industries, as well as England's good bank system
 * Beginnings**

Flying shuttle doubles output of weavers Spinning Jenny allows for faster production of yarn water frame Crompton's Mule combines aspects of the spinning Jenny and water frame Power loom invented in 1787 Concept of bringing workers to the means of production came about (factories) Newcomen invents atmospheric engine to pump water from coal mines James Watt improved upon the Newcomen engine, invents the steam engine 1782 Watt creates a rotary steam engine to power machinery technology applied to textiles production Henry Cort discovers a method of refining iron by burning impurities with coke
 * Technological Advances**

workers now forced to keep regular hours workers no longer owned the means of production adults fined for breaking factory regulations, Children were subjected to corporal punishment
 * Changes in Attitude**

Growth of Population from declining death rate due to higher availability of food, less disease etc. Cities grew as factory workers lived around their place of employment Urban conditions were crowded and unsanitary Entrepreneurs became the new middle class (bourgeois) The gap between rich and poor continued to grow
 * Societal Changes**