The Revolution in Energy and Industry
- the Industrial Revolution happened in England while the French Revolution was taking place in France
(sarcasm)
- one did NOT begot the other
Was the French Revolution greater than the Industrial Revolution?
- Lily says no, the French was not greater than the Industrial because:
- the Industrial Revolution helped us to get to where we are today with electricity and all that good stuff
- it helped to stop poverty because peasants who lost jobs from the Enclosure Act could now find work
- the French Revolution (from what we have seen thus far in history) was kinda a failure because it ended with the same result it started because of
- But, according to Mr. Yarnall the French Revolution also had a great impact on today's society just as the Industrial Rev did (he also claimed "it was better than the American" but to each his own)
- when it started in the 1800s all rulers were instated through hereditary rights but in the 1900s this was no longer true, most people had the opportunity to rise to power
- Both raised the standard of living and attempted to make people's lives better
- at first the people may have been the rich and the manufacturers, but it trickled down to the general public eventually
- SO i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that they were equally important
Comparing the American and French Revolutions.
- the French Revolution was much more difficult than the American because it was drastically different from a republican government
- the French had to rebel harder and make more drastic changes than the Americans did, which makes the FR more significant
- the English were set up with constitutions and elected officials, which the Americans took into their government, but the French did not have these such things
Why does the Industrial Revolution Start in England?
- England had a well-developed central bank
- no part of England was more than 20 miles from water (for shipping purposes)
- had a large class of hirable, mobile workers because of the Enclosure Acts (which limited the number of farmers working the lands)
- growing market for goods across the Atlantic in the colonies and at home (people were able to spend money on items besides food because the price of food was so low because the farmers produced a lot)
The Industrial Revolution spread to other places but didn't really have an impact on them till 1815
Page 736 chart
- Per capita- based on the level of industrialization, 1750-1913
- this chart depicts various countries and they're industrialization level compared to Great Britain's in 1900
- Germany becomes a power in 1880s
- India and China decline when Europeans interfere and were extracting goods rather than outsourcing factories
Power of the Evolution of Power
- In other words, what was used to power the Industrial Revolution over time (energy)
- starts with manpower
- then horsepower
- then water
- then wood (but the wood starts to run out)
- then coal (which made pig-iron and steam engines, aka sources of energy)
- the revolution had a couple of areas including agriculture, but mostly concentrated on improving the cotton textile industry
- the spinning jenny and the water frame made cotton faster and in greater numbers
(spinning Jenny haha get it?)
Just kidding this is the real spinning jenny:
- From coal being a source of energy, came steam engines aka railroads--- exciting stuff!
FUN FACTS
- Watermills are NOT windmills--- windmills are not run by water
- Rocks are not made from dirt
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