The Industrial Revolution

 

I. Introduction: Arnold Toynbee’s Definition

II. Favorable Conditions for Economic Expansion

III. Economic Patterns: Sector by Sector

     A. Cotton Textiles 

          1. Innovations in Spinning

          2. Later Innovations in Weaving

          3. Consequences for Hand Loom Weavers

     B. Iron Industry

          1. Improved Production Processes

          2. Consequences for the Economy

     C. Transportation

          1. Turnpikes and Canals

          2. Railroads

               - Four Major Impacts of Railroads

IV. Working Class Standards of Living

     A. Problems with Determining Living Standards

     B. Rising Population

     C. Increases in National Income

     D. Question of Real Wages

V. Conclusion

 

 

 

Key Terms

spinning jenny

water frame

Crompton’s ‘mule’

power loom

Midlands, Wales, Scotland

Liverpool & Manchester Line

Henry Mayhew

typhoid and cholera

 

 


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