Industrial Revolution 英国工业革命归纳.ppt

.......... .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu .iuu The Industrial Revolution .......... * General Information Time: 1760 — some time between 1820 and 1840 Reasons: 1. hands-off economic policy free- market approach 2. scientific and practical knowledge was applied 3. colonials provided raw materials and markets .......... * began started in the cotton textile industry the invention of new machines made cloth cheaply and in large quantities the building of big factories James Watt made important improvements to the steam engine (provided new power for big factories) Process .......... * factories towns sprang up around the coalfields iron was used to improve machines and tools and to build bridges and ships better transportation for transporting raw materials and goods widened and deepened many streams and built canals, built many bridges and lighthouses 1829 George Stephenson created the first successful steam locomotive .......... * 1830 the first important railway opened mid-19th steam-powered ships Painting depicting the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830, the first inter-city railway in the world and which spawned Railway Mania due to its success. .......... * Influence People’s lives, Capitalist Income levels improved Population grew Jobs became extremely boring Still very poorly paid Environmental problems .......... * New machines John Kay Flying shuttle Samuel Crompton Spinning Mule .......... * Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves .......... * James Watt (1736-1819) steam engine .......... * The Barrow Hematite S