Ch. 10.1 Summaries/ Assignment. Arts
And Humanities- History Of The
Americas Q&A 2023 Updated
Industrial Revolution Began - ANS-1760s in Great
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Europe and the Americas. started with agricultural revolution in 18th century, then
increased food supply, third, Britain had a lot of money for new inventions and factories,
there were plentiful natural resources, lastly there were supply of markets gave
manufacturers outlets for their products
Cottage Industry - ANS-spinners make cotton thread from raw cotton then weavers
wove the threads into cloth on looms in their own homes to sell for what they saw fit
1700s Inventions - ANS-Edmund Cartwright invented the water-powered loom in 1787
to make weaving the threads faster, the steam engine was improved by James Watt in
the 1760s, a Scottish engineer
British Cotton Production - ANS-increased during the revolution, at one point Britain
imported 2.5 million pounds of raw cotton from other countries to refine and export
Early Factory Workers - ANS-came from rural areas where they worked in harvesting
crops for a time then nothing for the winter
Henry Cort - ANS-invented the puddling process, coke (from coal) was used to burn
away impurities in low quality iron
Rail Systems - ANS-transportation became faster, allowed more rails to be built, gave
lots of farm laborers and peasants work
By Mid 1800s - ANS-Britain became the world's first industrial nation, industrialization
spread to the rest of Europe and the Americas
French Industrialization - ANS-one of the first to be industrialized, political instability, no
good source of coal
Prussia/ Germany - ANS-rich in iron and coal, government assisted in development of
iron, steel and chemical manufacturing
United States - ANS-in 1800, 6/7 working Americans were farmers, no city had over
100,000 people but there were more than 30 million people in the US by 1860
Robert Fulton - ANS-built the first paddle-wheel steamboat, the Clermont, in 1807
making transportation easier
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