The document discusses the major developments of the Industrial Revolution from the late 18th century to early 20th century, including inventions like the steam engine, cotton gin, and sewing machine that drove mechanization and transformed manufacturing. Key figures like Samuel Slater helped bring industrialization to America by establishing early factories. The innovations of the Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed economies and societies around the world by increasing production and changing the way goods were made.

2.  http://www.history.com/videos/the-
industrial-revolition#history-of-the-holidays-
the-story-of-labor-day

3.  1563-1908- Constant innovation
 Started in Britain
 1773 -1st cotton mill (cotton spinners)
 1712 worlds first steam engine
 1775 better steam engine (James Watt)
 British workers were not allowed to leave the
country
 19th- Movement towards more efficient
production of goods.
 Labor force and economy will be discussed later

6.  Samuel Slater
 Credited for bringing the Industrial Revolution to
America
 Immigrated from Britain to America
 Built a cotton spinning machine from memory
 Built his own factory
 Changing America’s economy
 North versus South

7.  Eli Whitney (1793)
 The Cotton Gin
 Machine used for getting the seeds out of cotton
 Changed slavery and boosted the South’s economy

9.  Robert Fulton (1780s)
 First American to build a steam-powered engine
 Revitalized the transportation industry
 Quickest way to travel

12.  Alexander Graham Bell>Telephone
 Steve Jobs> Iphone
 Thomas Edison
 >Light Bulbs>Look up
 >Motion Pictures> Movies>Digital Cameras
 Cyrus McCormick>Mechanical Reaper
 Increases the production of food-Decreases price
 Elias Howe/Isaac Singer>Sewing Machine
 Handmade>Machine made> Creation of jobs

13.  The Industrial Revolution
 The Civil War (1861-1865)
 Slavery
 All inventions from the Industrial Revolution
contribute to our way of life.

14. 1. Make an invention or improve on an existing
invention.
1. If you improve something, then you have to say
way it needs improving.
2. Explain how it will change our lives.
3. Imagine how your invention will effect the
world one hundred years from now.
4. Must be at least 4 sentences. Describe your
invention in detail.