Industrial+Revolution+&+Intellectual+Development



By: Michael, Devin, Adis, & Luke

1800-1914

 "I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid." Kelly Lynch(BrainyQuote.com)

In the Industrial Revolution time era there were a lot of machines that changed the way people looked at machines. One of these machines was the iron plow. This plow was more durable and able to be pulled by an oxen or horse. Another machine was the power loom. The power loom was a spindle that was powered by water and enabled workers to spin 200 times more cloth. One of the most important machines was the steam powered engine. This engine was invented by Thomas Newcome in 1712 to pump water out of coal mines. Then James Watt made a modern steam engine which started the steam powered industrial revolution. There were also a lot of important people that influenced the industrial revolution greatly. One of those people was James Watt who was known as “The Father of the Industrial Revolution”. He made the modern steam powered engine. This inspired many people to make all types of steam powered engine to run their factory. Another important person was Henry Bessemer. He discovered a process called the Bessemer Process, which had blasts of cold air blown through heated iron to remove impurities. There were also a lot of people who weren’t inventors. A lot of these people wrote books. One of those people was Charles Dickens. He wrote Oliver Twist and David Copperfeild. Both of these books were given from the point of view of life in urban industrial society. Another person was Leo Tolstoy who wrote War and Peace. This book was about life of Russian peasants and invasion by Napoleon. The last is Mary Shelly who wrote Frankenstein. This book shows the danger of sciences attempt to conquer nature.

Key Terms:


 * 1) __**Pyschoanalysis**__- A method of Psychology in which a therapist and a patient look into the patients memory. The idea is that stopping the conscious mind from repressing thoughts could help with healing.
 * 2) __**Textile**__- The textile industry is the industry dealing with cotton and wool in factories in order to make clothes and fabrics.
 * 3) __**Organic Evolution**__- The idea created by Charles Darwin that plants and animals have evolved to fit current conditions and create a better species over time.
 * 4) __**Realism**__- A movement in literary and visual arts that said the world should be looked at as realistically. Books and paintings portrays real life during these times.
 * 5) __**Feminism**__- Feminism is a movement of Women's rights. Rights women called for were things like being able to call for a divorce and the right for women to own property.
 * 6) __**Entrepreneurs**__- Wealthy people who used their money to find or create new business opportunities in order to make a larger profit.
 * 7) __**Socialism**__- The system in which society owns and regulates the means of production in things like factories and utilities, in order to create a steady community.
 * 8) **__Natural Selection__**- Another concept by Charles Darwin that claimed that some organisms would adapt better than others to special environments in order to survive.
 * 9) __**Romanticism**__- Another movement much like realism except in Romanticism the focus in literary and visual arts was on human emotions and feelings.
 * 10) __**Puddling**__ - A way to create better quality iron invented by Henry Cort using coke to burn away remove impurities in the 1780's.

Important Leaders:


 * __Jethro Tull__**- He was one of the many Gentlemen Farmers to enhance the farming industry. Tull invented the seed drill and the cultivator.
 * __Roberte Ransome__**- He was Gentlemen Farmer that invented the steel plow. The steel plow greatly affected the speed of plowing a field.
 * __Cyrus McCormick__**- As a Gentlemen Farmers he enhanced the farming industry. He invented the mechanical reaper which increased the speed of harvesting grain.
 * __John Kay__**- He invented the flying shuttle which sped up the weaving process. He greatly affected the speed of weaving and production of goods.
 * __James Hargreaves__**- He invented the spinning jenny in 1764. The spinning jenny sped up the spinning process which increased production of goods.
 * __Edward Cartwright__**- He invented the Power Loom in 1769. The Power Loom were water powered spindles the increased the production to 200 times more cloth.
 * __Eli Whitney__**- He invented the Cotton Gin in 1793. This was a key in textile industry by increasing the supply of cotton. This caused England to import more and more cotton throughout many years.
 * __Thomas Newcome__**- He invented the steam engine in 1712. The steam engine affected the power sources in that era. This engine helped pump water out of coal mines.
 * __James Watt__**- He was known as “The Godfather of the Industrial Revolution”. He invented the modern steam engine in 1760. The steam engine inspired many people to create a better steam engine.
 * __Henry Bessemer__**- He invented the Bessemer process. This process removed impurities from iron to make steel. This helped make iron more valuable and reliable.

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For More Information...


 * 1) [|The Industrial Revolution]- This website talks about the whole Industrial Revolution.
 * 2) [|The Cotton Industry and the Industrial Revolution] - This website goes into detail on the cotton industry and also talks about the whole Revolution.
 * 3) [|Impact of Railroads] - This website talks about how railroads have impacted our modern world.
 * 4) [|Factories in the Industrial Revolution] - This website talks about how the factories of the Industrial Revolution came about and its workers.
 * 5) [|The Spread of Industrialization Beyond Britain] - This website talks about what caused industrialization to spread around the world.
 * 6) [|Impact of the Industrial Revolution] - This website discusses the impact the Industrial Revolution had on everything.
 * 7) [|Social Class] - This website talks about the social classes of the Industrial Revolution.
 * 8) [|Socialism] - This website talks about the time of socialism in the Industrial Revolution.
 * 9) [|Romanticism, Economic Liberalism and Political Liberalism]- This website talks about the Romantic movement in the Industrial Revolution.
 * 10) [|Women in the Industrial Revolution] - This website explains the working conditions of women and children during the Industrial Revolution.

