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• Industrial Revolution


  Worldwide social and economic transformation
• Industrial Revolution


  Worldwide social and economic transformation
• Pre-Industrial Revolution manufacturing


  • Goods manufactured at home or in shops, on a small scale
• Industrial Revolution manufacturing


  • Production moved into factories, permanently changed the way people lived their day to day lives
• Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain


  Late 18th century
• Industrial Revolution lasted


  Over 100 years
• First phase of Industrial Revolution


  Inventions like the cotton gin and the steam engine industrialised the manufacture of textiles and cloth began to be produced in factories
• Pre-Industrial Revolution manufacturing


  • Goods manufactured at home or in shops, on a small scale
• Industrial Revolution manufacturing


  • Production moved into factories, permanently changed the way people lived their day to day lives
• Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain


  Late 18th century
• Transportation before Industrial Revolution


  • Limited to walking, horseback, or boat
• Transportation after Industrial Revolution

  • Railroads, steam boats and the automobile
• Slater's Mill opened in Rhode Island

  1793
• Industrial Revolution lasted


  Over 100 years
• Within a hundred years, the United States was leading to the world in industrialisation
• First phase of Industrial Revolution


  Inventions like the cotton gin and the steam engine industrialised the manufacture of textiles and cloth began to be produced in factories
• Pre-Industrial Revolution economy


  • Farming was the most common way to earn a living
• Post-Industrial Revolution economy


  • Factories offered a new form of work, many people moved from the country into the cities
• Transportation before Industrial Revolution


  • Limited to walking, horseback, or boat
• Transportation after Industrial Revolution

  • Railroads, steam boats and the automobile
• Overpopulation in the cities came along with poor sanitary conditions and pollution
• Slater's Mill opened in Rhode Island

  1793
• For many, quality of life declined
• Work conditions were too poor, there were no laws to protect workers
• Within a hundred years, the United States was leading to the world in industrialisation
• Both children and adults worked long hours, often in unhealthy conditions
• Post-Industrial Revolution economy


  • Factories offered a new form of work, many people moved from the country into the cities
• Overpopulation in the cities came along with poor sanitary conditions and pollution
• For many, quality of life declined
• Work conditions were too poor, there were no laws to protect workers
• Both children and adults worked long hours, often in unhealthy conditions
• most people lived in the country side and works on small farms
• The Industrial Revolution made a major impact on British society as factories spread, cities grew, workers faced harsh conditions at work and at home, and transportation flourished.
• The Industrial Revolution caused towns to turn into cities, and existing cities to swell, both in terms of population—with new arrivals from Europe and rural areas of the United States
•  Some simply moved from a village to a town in the hope of finding work whilst others moved from one country to another in search of a better way of life. Some had no choice, transportation was a punishment for some crimes.
• Economic migration is the process of moving in search of work. During the Industrial Revolution, mass migration took place as people moved from the countryside to growing towns and cities across England searching for work in factories and mines there.
• Social migration is the process of moving for a better quality of life or to be closer to family and friends. With steady work came an improved standard of living. Many people believed that industrial cities offered opportunities for a better life.
• Political migration is the process of moving to escape political persecution of war. A large number of people who moved from England to other parts of the world during the 18th and 19th centuries were political prisoners or radical thinkers who had criticised the monarch of England.
• Environmental migration is the process of moving to escape natural disasters such a flooding and famine. A period known as the Great Famine occurred in Ireland led to more than one million Irish men, women and children leaving their homeland in search of a safer environment to rebuild their lives.


  1845-1852
• Poor workers were often housed in cramped, grossly inadequate quarters