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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1700s and led to a major transformation of society from an agrarian and manual economy to one dominated by industry and machinery. Key developments included the invention of machines that replaced human labor, new sources of energy like steam power, and the rise of factories. Britain was well positioned to be the initial leader of the Industrial Revolution due to its natural resources like coal and iron as well as government policies that encouraged improvements in transportation. The new factory system concentrated workers in one location unlike the previous domestic system of dispersed production. The Industrial Revolution ultimately changed the social and economic structure of countries around the world.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1700s and led to a major transformation of society from an agrarian and manual economy to one dominated by industry and machinery. Key developments included the invention of machines that replaced human labor, new sources of energy like steam power, and the rise of factories. Britain was well positioned to be the initial leader of the Industrial Revolution due to its natural resources like coal and iron as well as government policies that encouraged improvements in transportation. The new factory system concentrated workers in one location unlike the previous domestic system of dispersed production. The Industrial Revolution ultimately changed the social and economic structure of countries around the world.

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THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

BY:- JASMEET SINGH(200MBAW039)


RENU(200MBAW020)
MBA 3 rd Semester
Historical Significance of the Industrial
Revolution
The Industrial Revolution changed human life
drastically
More jobs and more goods able to be produced
faster and more efficient.
WHAT WAS THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION?
The Industrial Revolution refers to the greatly
increased output of machine made goods that began
in England in the 1700s.
Industrial Revolution, the process of change from
an agrarian and handicraft economy to one
dominated by industry and machine
manufacturing. These technological changes
introduced novel ways of working and living and
fundamentally transformed society.
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Machines were invented which replaced human labor
New energy sources were developed to power the new
machinery – water, steam, electricity, oil (gas,
kerosene)
Increased use of metals and minerals
 Aluminum, coal, copper, iron, etc.
Britain Takes
Great Britain’s advantages:
the Lead  Plentiful iron and coal
 A navigable river system
 Colonies that supplied raw
materials and bought
finished goods
 A government that
encouraged improvements
in transportation and used
its navy to protect British
trade
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOMESTIC
SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION
Domestic system developed in England
Late 1600s-late 1800s
 domestic system, also called putting-out
system, production system widespread in 17th-
century western Europe in which merchant-
employers “put out” materials to rural producers
who usually worked in their homes but sometimes
laboured in workshops or in turn put out work to others.
The Industrial Revolution
 Transportation improved
 Ships
○ Wooden ships → Iron ships → Steel ships
○ Wind-powered sails → Steam-powered boilers
 Trains
 Automobiles
 Communication improved
 Telegraph
 Telephone
 Radio
BACKGROUND OF THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
 Scientific Revolution
 Intellectual Revolution
 Encouraged learning and the search for better
and newer ways of doing things
 Agricultural Revolution
 Landowners experimented in their enclosures
 Seed drill
 Crop rotation
 Livestock breeding
Factory System
 Developed to replace the domestic system of
production
 Faster method of production
 Workers concentrated in a set location
 For example: Under the domestic system, a woman
might select fabric and have a businessperson give it to
a home-based worker to make into a dress. Under the
factory system, the factory owner bought large lots of
popular fabrics and had workers create multiple dresses
in common sizes, anticipating that women would buy
them.
IMPACT
Industrialized countries exploited overseas markets for
resources
Imperialism was born
Gave Europe great power
Developed a middle class
Created a movement for social reform
REFORMS
Workers joined together to
form unions
Engaged in bargaining with
employers if refused
workers would strike
Britain-Combination Acts
outlawed unions but were
repealed in 1824
1886- U.S.- American
Federation of Labor led
successful strikes
REFORMS
Factory Act of 1833-illegal to hire children under 9
Could not work more than 8 hours a day
1842- Mines Act prevented women and children from
working underground
1847- limited workday to 10 hours
THANK YOU

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