Information in the Industrial Revolution -Industrial Revolution -Urbanization -Agricultural Revolution -Textiles -Steam Engine -Bessemer Process -Pasteurization -Thomas Edison -Romanticism

1. the industrial revolution
By: Caitlin Brewer
Period 4

2. the industrial revolution
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Steam power was one of
The Industrial Revolution was a time that started in the the main, and most
early 18th century that changed the way the world works important technological
advancements.
forever. The Industrial Revolution was an economic
revolution that mainly had technological advancements. It
changed the way we produced goods.
What Countries where involved?
• Great Britain
• United States
• Germany
• France

3. urbanization
What was the Urbanization?
Urbanization was when people
moved from rural areas to urban
areas to get jobs in factory’s. This
had its downfalls, like harm to the
environment and low standard of
living.
What was the Cottage Industry?
The cottage industry was
mainly when farmers took
advantage of the time they had
to harvest and live off of their
land, and in the winter lived off
of what they had saved up.

4. agricultural revolution
How did the Agricultural Revolution lead the the
Industrial Revolution?
The Agricultural Revolution:
- Increased migration to the cities
- Freed people from agricultural labor
- Gave people more money to spend on manufactured goods.
Crop rotation is when
farmers change the
type of crop that is
growing in a field after
the original crop has
been harvested this
keeps the soil from
losing its nutrients

5. textiles
• Textiles, which is cloth or woven
fabric, was the first commodity to
boom during the industrial
revolution
• What helped the Textile Industry
boom?
- Steam engines
- The loom
- The cotton gin
• Eli Whitney invented the cotton
gin.

6. steam engine
About the steam engine...
The steam engine was invented
in 1775 by Thomas Newcomen.
It was the first engine ever
created, went faster that
humans, and could produce
almost anything. James Watt in
known for improving it.

7. bessemer process
• The Bessemer Process was
an industrial process for the
manufacture of steel. Henry Bessemer
• The Bessemer Process was
created by Henry Bessemer.
• It revolutionized the
manufacture of steel by
lowering the price, and
increasing productivity.

8. pasteurization
About Pasteurization. . .
Louis Pasteur invented the process of Pasteurization.
Pasteurization is the process of heating food, mostly Lois Pasteur
liquids, and then cooling it immediately so that it kills
the pathogens which are most likely to cause disease.

9. thomas edison
• Thomas Edison invented:
- The Light Bulb
- The Phonograph
- The Microphone
• He had thousands of patents.
“I never perfected an invention that I did
not think about in terms of the service it
might give others. . . I find out what the
world needs, then I proceed to
invent. . .” (Thomas Edison)

10. romanticism
• Romanticism is an artistic, Emily Dickinson
intellectual, and literal movement.
•Romanticism affected the
Industrial revolution by gaining
strength the the reactions to the
Industrial Revolution
Two Famous Romantic
authors during the
Industrial Revolution Washington Irving