What? It was an economic revolution, it changed the way goods were produced. People

started moving from the farms to the cities, so they

could work on factories

When?It started in the 18th

century, exactly between the years 1750

and 1780.

Where?It first started in England,

but then it spread through all Europe and eventually the world.

Causes

1.- People were willing to risk their

money

2.- Britain had coal which was used to power the machines

3.- New roads were build, helping the

trade

6.- New machines were invented, as

technology and science improved

4.-Farming improved, there

was enough food to feed the

population

5.-New banks, people could

borrow money to start their

factories

7.- There was a “laissez-faire” policy,

people should be left to get on with

their livesIndustrial Revolution

Population Growth

OR

There was an Industrial Revolution because the population increased…

The population increased so there was an Industrial Revolution.

Working Conditions

They were paid little and the places they

work were dangerous. Sometimes kids´

aprons got stuck in te machines and caused

great injuries or death.

It was poor and miserable, people didn

´t sleep and couldn´t rest, therefore they were always tired.

They also starved and got beaten.

Everybody had to work, including

children. They worked for 12 h and for 6 days a week, depending on

the factory

And the laws?

There were no laws at all because of the “laissez-faire” policy, each factory had their own laws & rules.

This lead to great abuse!!

The Children Treatment:Safety:

Children as young as 6 worked in the industrial revolution, with little pay or sometimes not at all.

Orphans:

There was no safety at all, there were lots of accidents because of the machines. Millions of children got severe injuries or sometimes died.

Orphans were treated like slaves. Factories offered the orphans food, shelter and clothing but at the end they gave the orphans the hardest work and were the most abused.

They were treated cruelly, the people which the children served yelled and beated them. A common punishment was called the “weighted”. This consisted in tieing a weight to a worker neck and make him walk all around the factory, so the children would “take example”.

Inventions

Steam Engine- 1775James Watt

Sewing Machine-1844Elias Howe

Cotton Gin-1793Eli Whitney

Telegraph-1836Samuel Morse

Telephone-1876Alexander Graham Bell

Transatlantic Cable-1866Cyrus Field

Sources• http://americanhistory.about.com/library/cha

rts/blchartindrev.htm

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_working_conditions_of_the_Industrial_Revolution#slide6

• http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002_p7/ak_p7/childlabor.html

• http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex/16-educational/history/271-industrial-revolution.html

plus History Ring Binder!!Daniela de las Casas

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