Industrial+Revolution

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__Before the Industrial Revolution__
 * <10% of pop. lived in cities
 * farmed in small towns
 * made own clothes, tools
 * life revolved around agricultural seasons
 * little change in family occupation throughout generations
 * Upper class- wealth comes from inheritance

__Start of Revolution in England__ __Effects of Revolution__
 * originated in England (a leading colonial power)
 * demand for British goods increased, increased competition for materials
 * lead to search for more efficient ways to use capital and labor
 * factories, machines
 * started w/ textile industry
 * 1794- Eli Whitney: Cotton Gin
 * land had large deposits if iron and coal (essential for industrializing)
 * transportation improved
 * Steam power: James Watt-steam engine powered trains, boats
 * Population growth
 * movement to cities, working class move closer to factories
 * poor sanitation in cities, disease
 * Capitalism, new middle class of businessmen
 * mass production, assembly line
 * Communications- 1836 Morse: Telegraph
 * pollution, deforestation
 * Romantic Art- rebellion against life run by machines
 * wealth increase