INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION

SCHOOL : BAPU COMPOSITE P.U COLLEGE.

PRESENTED BY :

PRINCE JACOB JOSE.

INTRODUCTION,

MOTIVES & FACTS,

ECONOMIC BACKGROUND,

SCIENTIFIC INVENTION TECHNOLOGY,

FACTORY SYSTEM-CAPITAL & LABOUR,

IMPROVEMENT IN AGRICULTURE,

Industrial Revolution, term first used in the early 19th century to describe major changes in modes of production in Britain since the mid-18th century and their social consequences. The beginning of the Industrial Revolution can be traced from 1750 onwards. Within a short of time, a large number of new machineries were invented in England. This helped not only in transportation & communication.

One effect of industrialization was to focus attention on facts, particularly the statistics of growth, including comparative growth. The motives behind industrialization could be private—mainly, but not exclusively, the pursuit of profit (and this depended on the provision of capital); regional—the improvement of local facilities and wealth; and national—the buttressing of power. Whatever the motives, one effect of industrialization was to focus attention on the facts of growth, including comparative regional and national growth

With the growth of sea-trade with the East With the growth of sea-trade with the East

& the west. Europe became prosperous. & the west. Europe became prosperous.

This led to far-reaching economic changes. This led to far-reaching economic changes.

With the collapse of feudalism, people With the collapse of feudalism, people

began to migrate to towns in search of began to migrate to towns in search of

new jobs. This provided labors in new jobs. This provided labors in

abundance.abundance.

The earliest inventions were mainly to improve the production of textiles. The invention of Steam engine by James Watt in 1765 made revolutionary changes in transportation & industry. Watt’s steam engine was used for locomotion. George Stephenson constructed the first practical locomotive in 1844. Steam navigation was another important improvement in transportation.

Improved technology led to the emergency of modern factory system.

Capital was a major factor in the modern factories. The rich traders & money lenders began to invest heavily in industries. In the early industries, the working conditions were poor, wages were low, working hours were long, with no leisure & holidays. No protection was given while operating dangerous machines. Workers were not provided with proper housing & medical help.

Early Agricultural Machinery From the 18th century onwards, new agricultural machines began to replace more and more of the traditional farming implements that had been used for centuries. The seed drill invented by Jethro Tull was an important development, as was the cast-iron plough patented by Robert Ran some in 1803. Such inventions helped fuel the immense increase of farm productivity in Britain’s Agricultural Revolution, which both stimulated and benefited from the Industrial Revolution. However, improvements in crop rotation, fertilizers, and plant and animal strains were as important to this process as machinery.