the industrial revolution
DESCRIPTION
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SAM SLATER, INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS, MILL GIRLS AND URBANIZATIONTRANSCRIPT
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
WHERE DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION START???
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN BRITAIN
IT CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE UNITED STATES
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
BRITAIN WANTED TO KEEP ITS NEW TECHNOLOGY SECRET
A LAW WAS PASSED FORBIDDING ANYONE TO TAKE PLANS OF THE NEW MACHINERY OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
SLATER BREAKS THE LAW
SAM SLATER WAS A SKILLED MECHANIC, HE DECIDED TO LEAVE BRITAIN AND MEMORIZED THE DESIGN OF MACHINES IN THE MILL
HE CAME TO AMERICA AND BUILT THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TEXTILE MILL IN AMERICA POWERED BY WATER
WHAT ARE INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS???
ELI WHITNEY DEVELOPS INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS TO SPEED UP PRODUCTION
INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS MEANS ALL MACHINE MADE PARTS WOULD IDENTICAL
INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS WOULD SAVE TIME AND MONEY
WHO WERE THE “LOWELL GIRLS”??
YOUNG WOMEN HIRED FROM NEARBY FARMS WERE CALLED “LOWELL GIRLS”
YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES 15 TO 25 WERE RECRUITED TO WORK IN THE MILLS
WHO WERE THE “LOWELL GIRLS”??
MOST YOUNG WOMEN WENT TO WORK IN THE MILLS BECAUSE THEIR FAMILIES NEEDED MONEY
MILL GIRLS WORKED 12 TO 14 HRS A DAY EXCEPT ON SUNDAY
LONG HOURS & CHILD LABOR
AS THE MILL GIRLS BEGAN TO LEAVE THE MILLS, IMMIGRANTS TOOK OVER THE JOBS FOR LONGER HOURS AND LESS PAY
CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SEVEN WORKED IN FACTORIES
WHAT IS URBANIZATION???
DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MANY PEOPLE LEFT FARMS TO WORK IN FACTORIES THIS WAS CALLED URBANIZATION
NEW TECHNOLOGY
THE SPINNING JENNY DEVELOPED BY JAMES HARGREAVES COULD SPIN SEVERAL THREADS AT ONCE.
NEW TECHNOLOGY
THE POWER LOOM
TURN TO PAGE 336 IN YOUR AMERICAN NATION TEXTBOOK TO SEE HOW A
TEXTILE MILL WORKS
THE POWER LOOM
WHO WAS LISTENING???
1. WHERE DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION START?
2. WHO MEMORIZED THE DESIGN OF MACHINES IN HIS HEAD AND CAME TO AMERICA?
3. WHO WERE THE “LOWELL GIRLS”?
4. WHAT IS URBANIZATION??