THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Middle of the 18th century
industrialisation
Industrial Revolution
Neolithic Period
not big changes
Neolithic Revolution
long process
humans
From nomadic life
to sedentary life
hunt and gather
agriculture, livestock farming, trade, crafts...
changes on
society
enviromentar impact
economy
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Industrial Revolution
society
from agriculture
to industry
Economies
modernised
world was classified
developed countries
industrialised countries
developing countries
MAIN FEATURES
factories: machines and workers
increase in the production
proletariat or working class appeared
energy sources from fossil fuels
higher population
world health
emergence of industrial bourgeoisie
ENGLAND: THE HOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
England (1750)
First Industrial Revolution
English economy
not ilustralised
18th century
signs of transformation
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES
cause of Industrial Revolution
possible to mechanise
manufacturing stages
together in factorie
concentrate
machines
workers
lower production cost
fall of prices of manufactured goods
THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
ownership of land changed
agricultural productivity increased
feed the growing urban population
Property owners
invested profits in factories
EXPANSION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Industrial Revolution's start
British hegemony
expansion of its empire
British
could sell
English industrial products
industrial products
to colonies / to other countries
increase in demand
British cities grow
THE STEAM ENGINE AND THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
steam engine
demand for coal
problem
brought from underground
Thomas Newcomen
steam-powered machine to pump out water
1763
James Watt improved it
replaced animal and human power
machines
hydraulic energy
textile industry pioneering
