Industrialization (1760-1840) | Boston University

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Boston University
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CAS HI 176 | World History 1500-Present
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2021
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Industrialization ● The Industrial Revolution changed human life drastically ● More was invented in 1750 - present than in the other known years of human history ● The industrial revolution was the increased output of machine-made goods - began in England ● Human labor was replaced by machines ● New energy sources were developed to power the new machinery - water, steam, oil ● There was an increase in the use of metals and minerals ○ Aluminum, coal, copper, iron, etc. ● New Transportation ○ Ships ■ Ships went from being made out of wood, to iron, to steel ■ The mode of transportation was from wind-powered sails to Steampowered boilers ○ Trains and Automobiles were also invented, making long-distance travel much quicker ○ New inventions of communication ■ Telegraph and Telephone ● Send messages over a long distance ■ Radio ● The first radio waves were sent by Alexander Graham Bell over the Atlantic Ocean Industrialization (continued) ○ New inventions of farming ■ Seed drill ● Jethro Tull invented the seed drill so that uniform seeding may exist. Straight lines were used for seeding and made seeding more efficient ■ The Threshing machine ● Invented by Andrew Meikle. Used to separate the grain from stalks and husks quicker than by hand ■ The Four Field System ● Crop rotation became a big part of farmer’s production. Instead of doing a huge field all at once and not having much food, they planted in a single location and rotated around with seasons, so that soil could regain nutrients that it needed to be able to grow plentiful crops. ○ The factory system ■ Instead of using the domestic system, where everything is homemade and by hand, things in the factory system were made by machines, and in much higher levels of production. ■ Production speed increased a ton, and the economy was boosted incredibly. ○ Textile Industry ■ Textiles were produced more often and more efficiently. ■ Inventions such as the cotton gin made it easier to extract seeds from cotton, and things like the flying shuttle made it easier to sow the cotton into textiles Industrialization (continued) ○ Steam engine ■ The Steam engine made almost everything possible for the factory workers in the industrial revolution. ■ Paved the way for new technologies, and energy. It was used from energy to steamboats carrying huge amounts of cargo ■ Almost all forms of transportation used the steam engine ■ Replaced many jobs and many people were hungry, not being able to pay for food