The Industrial Revolution

What was the Industrial

Revolution?

The Industrial Revolution was

The more efficient means

Background of the Industrial Revolution

Commercial Revolution Scientific Revolution Intellectual Revolution Atmosphere of discovery

and free intellectual inquiry

Historical Significance of the Industrial

Revolution

England:Birthplace of theIndustrial Revolution

Why the Industrial Revolution Started in

England?

Capital for investing in the means of production

Colonies and Markets for

manufactured goods

Raw materials for production

Workers Merchant marine Geography

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

The Industrial Revolution

Transportation improved

Communication

improved

The First and Second Industrial Revolutions

The First and Second Industrial Revolutions

The first, or old, Industrial Revolution took place between about 1750 and 1870

The second Industrial Revolution took place between about 1870 and 1960

THE RESULTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION

Results of the Industrial Revolution

Economic

Changes

Political Changes

Social Changes

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