1. The Industrial
Taylor Meyer
Honors World History
Period 5
November 9, 2011

2. The Industrial
A period
where major Revolution
changes in During
agriculture, the 18th
manufacturin and 19th
g, mining, century.
transportation
, and It began in
technology Britain and
had an effect spread to
on the social, Europe, North
cultural, and America, Japan
economic and eventually
conditions of the world.

3. People moved Migration Urbanizati
on: The
from farms to
cities because physical
the use of growth of
factories made urban
them loose areas as a
their jobs. global
change.

4. Agricultural Revolution

5. Textiles
The first
Industrial
commodity was
cotton.
Textiles: flexible
woven material.

6. Steam Engine
The steam engine
was invented in
1712 by Thomas
Newcomen.
James Watt
improved it!
The steam engine
is important
because it is used
for mechanical
work.

7. The first
industrial
process for It was
mass- important
production because it
of steel from decreased
molten pig the cost of
iron. steel
manufactu
ring.

8. Pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
was a French
chemist and
microbiologi
st.
He invented
pasteurization.
It reduces the
number of
pathogens to
help prevent
disease.

9. He
inventedThomas Edison
the
He had
phonograp
1,093
h, the
patents.
camera,
and the “I have not
light bulb. failed. I’ve
just found
10,000 ways
that won’t
work.”
-Thomas
Edison

10. Romanticism
An artistic and
intellectual time
period where that
gained strength in
effect of the
Industrial
People were strongly
Revolution.
involved in visual arts,
music and literature.
Edgar Allan Poe
and Nathaniel
Hawthorne were
authors of this
time.