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Revolt and Revolution 1750 - 1914
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Essential Questions

• Why did people start to question
• The ways of the past?
• The ways of the church?
• Those in authority?

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Essential Questions

• What were the outcomes of this questioning
  process?
• Think of the questions as a cause and effect
  approach.

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• The Scientific RevolutionThe Industrial
  RevolutionThe EnlightenmentPolitical Revolution

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The Scientific Revolution

• Why did people start to question the teachings
  of ancient scholars and the Catholic Church?
• The Crusades open up Europe to scientific
  advances of the Arabs and Chinese
• The Renaissance allows more people to become
  educated and broadens educations scope beyond
  religious thought
• Exploration exposes Europeans to new people and
  animals of which they have no knowledge

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The Scientific Method

• Five Step Process
• Identify/observe a problem
• Form a hypothesis
• Perform experiments
• Record the results
• Analyze results/make a conclusion

Cause
Effect
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The Scientific Revolution

• What were the outcomes of this questioning
  process?
• Science/scientists play a greater role in society
• Conflict between Catholic Church and scientists
• Advances in artistic techniques and architecture
• Increased questioning of European society

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Industrial England "Workshop of the World"
That Nation of Shopkeepers!
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Industrial Revolution

• Why did people start to question
• the ways of the past?
• and
• Why did it start in England?

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The Industrial Revolution

• The era when the use of animal and human power is
  replaced by power-driven machinery

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The Industrial Revolution

• Why are the old ways questioned?
• Powerful monarchs encourage growth that will make
  their nations wealthy and powerful.
• More farmers are educated (gentlemen farmers) and
  begin to experiment.
• Exploration and Globalization
• Brings in raw materials from around the world
• Opens up new markets for trade goods

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The Industrial Revolution

• Why England?
• The Enclosure Movement
• Access to the Factors of Production
• Land use at home and
• Colonization abroad
• Population Growth
• Government support and private investment

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The Enclosure Movement

• Wealthy landowners with the support of Parliament
  buy up fields and create large farms.
• Increases efficiency and, therefore, increases
  food supply.
• Throws poor farmers off their land.

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The Enclosure Movement

• What were the outcomes/effects?
• Food Surplus
• Displaced Farmers

Increase in population
Increased urbanization
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Englands Factors of Production

• Land
• Enclosed farms
• Coal mines
• Water and canal systems
• Raw materials from colonies
• Labor
• Growing population
• Centered in industrial centers
• Capital
• Private investment in research and industry
• Human capital a skilled population

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Enclosed Lands Today
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Britains Urbanization
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Coalfields Industrial Areas
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Coal Mining in Britain1800-1914
1800 1 ton of coal 50, 000 miners
1850 30 tons 200, 000 miners
1880 300 million tons 500, 000 miners
1914 250 million tons 1, 200, 000 miners
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Early Canals
Britains Earliest Transportation Infrastructure
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The New Industrial City
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The Industrial Revolution

• What are the positive outcomes/effects?
• New and efficient means of production
• Faster means of communication and transportation
• Increased trade
• New products at cheaper prices
• A general increase in the standard of living
• Increased leisure time

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The Impact of the Railroad
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The Industrial Revolution

• What are the negative outcomes/effects?
• Long hours and low pay
• Dangerous conditions in mines/factories
• Large gap between the rich and the poor
• Crowded and squalid living conditions
• Pollution

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The Factory System

• Rigid schedule.
• 12-14 hour day.
• Dangerous conditions.
• Mind-numbing monotony.

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Child Labor in the Mines
Child hurriers
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The Haves and the Have Nots
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19c Bourgeoisie The Industrial Nouveau Riche
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Upstairs/Downstairs
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Industrial Staffordshire
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Worker Housing
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Factory Workers at Home
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Problems of Pollution
The Silent Highwayman - 1858
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Problems of Pollution
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Problems of Pollution
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The results/impact of the Industrial Revolution
by the end of the 19th century
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Industrialization By 1850
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Railroads in Europe
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Share in World Manufacturing Output 1750-1900
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Bibliographic Sources

• Images of the Industrial Revolution.Mt.
  Holyoke College. http//www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/
  rschwart/ind_rev/images/images-ind-era.html
• The Peel Web A Web of English
  History.http//dspace.dial.pipex.com/mbloy/c-eig
  ht/primary.htm
• http//www.historylearningsite.co.uk/coal_mines_in
  dustrial_revolution.htm
• http//www.wsu.edu/dee/ENLIGHT/INDUSTRY.HTM