Here are some potential things that happened since newspapers became cheaper to produce: - The cost of newspapers decreased, making them more affordable for common people. - More newspapers could be produced, increasing circulation numbers and availability. - Newspapers could be sold at a lower price point while still being profitable, opening the market up to a wider readership audience. - Publishing newspapers became a more viable business since costs decreased, potentially leading to more newspapers being established. - Literacy rates may have increased as newspapers were more accessible and affordable to the general public.

2. Why is it important?
 The industrial revolution changed human life
drastically
 Before the industrial revolution, technology
pretty much stayed the same from 2000 years
ago until the mid 1700s
 More things have been created in the last 250
years than all of time put together

3. What was it?
 The Industrial Revolution was an extreme
change in the way goods were produced
 Goods used to be hand made
 Machines were now invented to replace
human labor

5. What was it?
 Machines were more efficient at
producing goods
 This increased production changed the
world forever

6. QUESTION
What does it mean when I say “increased
production”?
Why would having more goods made in a
shorter time change the world?

7. Production Changes
 New energy sources were created to
power the new machines
Water, Steam, Electricity, Oil
 People began using more metals and
minerals for production and power
Aluminum, Coal, Copper, Iron

9. Transportation Changes
 Transportation improved
 Ships
first were made of wood, now made of Iron, and
later, steel
Sails were replaced by steam power
 Trains were created
 And later, automobiles

11. Communication Changes
 Communication Improves!
 Telegraph
 Radio
 Telephone

14. Work Changes
 “Factory System” of production invented
 Before the factory system, people lived where
they worked
 Factory machines were too big to keep in a
house, so large buildings (factories) were built
 People traveled to the factories to work for the
day, and then went home at night

15. Living Changes
 Urbanization occurred
 People moved from farms to the cities
so that they could work in the factories

16. Percent of people in England
living in Cities

17. Social Changes
 New “classes” formed, now there was a
working class, a middle class, and a
wealthy industrial class

18. Capitalists
Politicians
Factory Owners
& Managers
Factory Workers
City Workers
Farmers

19. Economic Changes
 Mass production meant large amounts
of goods were being produced
 More goods, more variety
 Capitalism is fully developed

20. Background of the Industrial
Revolution
 Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment lead
to new ideas, and people shared those ideas
 People now knew more about the world and
science than ever before
 This leads to a huge growth in technology

21. Production before Industrial
Revolution
 Before the industrial revolution,
businessmen delivered the “raw
materials” to workers homes
 People then produced goods from within
their homes

22. Production before Industrial
Revolution
 Example:
->businessman delivered cloth, people
sewed the cloth into shirts
-> the businessman would then pay the
person based on how many shirts they
made
-> The businessman would then sell
the shirts and make a profit

23. Production before Industrial
Revolution
 As the population grew, people
demanded more goods
 This Domestic System, or “home-made”
style of producing goods, could not keep
up with demand

24. Factory System
 Replaced the Domestic System
 Faster
 Workers were concentrated in a set
location
 Production anticipated demand

25. QUESTION
What does “Production anticipated Demand”
mean?
Factory owners knew that they would not
sell 5,000 shirts right away, but made what
they knew they could eventually sell
This allowed them to take time to produce
other things after the shirts were done

27. England: Birthplace of the
Industrial Revolution
 Slow, gradual changes in England
started in the 1700s
 After 1750, the changes grew

28. Why England ?

29. England’s Resources: Capital
 The revolution made many English
merchants wealthy
 The merchants now had extra money, or
“Capital,” to buy buildings, machines,
and raw materials to get factories going

30. England’s Resources: Colonies
 England had more colonies than any
other nation
 The colonies were a huge source of raw
materials

31. QUESTION
Can you think of some example resources
that England got from its colonies?
Cotton – from the Americas
Silk – From China

32. England’s Resources: Raw
Materials
 England had a large amount of Coal to
power steam engines and other
machines
 England also had a lot of Iron

33. England’s Resources: Merchant
Marine
 England had the world’s largest
merchant fleet

34. England’s Resources: Geography
 England has excellent harbors and ports
 A damp climate helped the cloth industry
because thread would not dry out

35. “Necessity Is the Mother of
Invention”

36. “Necessity Is the Mother of
Invention”

37. “Necessity Is the Mother of
Invention”

38. “Necessity Is the Mother of
Invention”
•The process of inventing never ends
•One invention inevitably leads to improvements upon it
and to more inventions

39. WAIT: And think!
Progress leads to more Progress
Think about the world’s first computers and
compare them to what they have now
Think about the worlds first cell phones. Cell
phones were originally just made for fast
communication in business. Soon after, people
saw that the cell phone was more useful than
just for business.

42. The Birth and Growth of the
Textile Industry

43. The Birth and Growth of the
Textile Industry

44. Steam Power
 Before steam power, the only water
power used was a “water wheel”
 But if a river flooded or dried up, the
wheel would not be useful

45. Steam Power
 1st steam engine was created in 1704,
use to pump water from mines
 By 1769, a steam engine that could
power machines was created

47. Coal & Iron
 From 1770-1800, coal production went
from 6 million to 12 million tons

48. Steel
 Before the Industrial Revolution, Steel
was difficult and expensive to produce
 Henry Bessemer developed the
Bessemer process, which made the
production of steel faster and less
expensive

49. Transportation

50. Transportation
 Strong, hard roads were invented
around 1820
 This eliminated gravel and dirt roads

52. QUESTION
Why was the creation and use of hard and
strong roads over dirt and gravel roads so
useful?

53. Railroads
 From 1830 to 1870, England went from
having 49 miles of railroad tracks to
15,000 miles
 In 1830 – the “rocket” train traveled 40
miles in 1.5 hours

56. Communication

57. Printing
 By 1870, the Rotary press could print both
sides of a page at once
 1884 – Linotype Machine – could create a
line of type instead of each letter by itself
 Newspapers became much cheaper to
produce

58. Child Labor
 Many children were also hired to work in
factories and mines
 Their “little hands” were necessary to
get into some of the parts of machines
 In the mines, they would be used to haul
out coal in small tunnels

61. QUESTION
Since newspapers became cheaper to
produce, what things do you think
happened?
Cost of newspapers…?
Number of newspapers….?