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the Industrial
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Revolution believe it or not not too
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many years ago people provided most
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things for themselves they made their
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own cloth sowed and made their own
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clothing they grew their own food and
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hunted for the meat they ate if a person
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had a skill like woodworking or working
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with metal or maybe sewing and spinning
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and weaving Fabric or trapping animals
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for their pelts and skins that person
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would trade these goods and services for
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something that they could not do or did
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not have this trading was called
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bartering it was important to the way of
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life around the world at one time most
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people used hand tools or simple
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machines powered by hand or pulled by
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animals to make the things they needed
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for everyday life from making clothes
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furniture and other Goods to growing and
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producing their own food it was hard
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work to provide the things they needed
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children worked families worked and the
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elderly worked as they were physically
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able they worked hard or they did not
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eat or have any clothes to wear or have
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a shelter to protect them from the
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elements the Industrial Revolution which
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began in the late 1700s and continued to
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the 1800s changed the world the
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Industrial Revolution represents the
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time when home production of goods began
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to be transferred to factories powered
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by Steam and electricity fueled by coal
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and oil producing things in mass
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quantities and transporting things
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faster over longer distances through the
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Ingenuity of men and women their
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creativity the expanding of their minds
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the Industrial Revolution showed that
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they could take the resources that this
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Earth had to offer and provide for the
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necessities of people around the world
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the birthplace of this revolution took
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place in Great Britain where there were
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many more resources such as coal and
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iron ore needed to power the machines
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inside the factories and Industrial
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plants Great Britain was sending and
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selling many of their products to the
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people of the United States however this
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all came to a halt due mostly to the
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Embargo Act of
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1807 which ended the Import and Export
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of products from other countries in
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addition the War of 1812 when the US
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went to war against Great Britain forced
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America to seek ways to become more
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independent and not rely on other
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countries for products that they needed
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the Embargo Act and the war led to the
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expansion of Transportation the
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efficient and additional use of
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electricity and Industrial processes
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that increased the production of goods
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in America the Industrial Revolution
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brought many important events inventors
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and inventions
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thank Eli Whitney for inventing the
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cotton gin in
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1794 the cotton genin increased the
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speed of separating the cotton seeds
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from the fiber which was normally done
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by hand using a spinning wheel this was
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specifically helpful in the southern
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states where handpicked raw cotton had
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to be sent way up north where it was
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then processed and weaved into cloth the
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cotton gin made possible the removing of
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cotton seed much faster and process more
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cotton in a day
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than the months it would take to do the
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job by hand this led to the growth of
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the textile industry throughout the New
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England states the cotton genin
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invention also helped Eli Whitney come
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up with the idea to use interchangeable
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parts standard Parts which would be used
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on different types of machines and lower
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the cost and improve efficiency in
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manufacturing the first interchangeable
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part Whitney produced was used for
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firearms used by soldiers in that era in
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1846 Elias how received a US patent for
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refinements in the development of the
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sewing machine which of course allowed
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for faster production of clothing and
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eventually resulted in most people no
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longer needing to make their own
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clothing at home other developments took
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place in the farm industry better
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machines were produced such as the
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reaper in
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1831 allowing the harvesting of grain to
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be faster and
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cheaper in addition John Deere invented
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the first steel plow in 18 37 which
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helped Farmers become faster and more
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efficient in planting and growing crops
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due to these improvements in farming the
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increase in the number of factories and
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the Productions of goods outside the
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home people began to move from farmlands
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into the cities across the country they
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no longer needed to grow their own food
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raise animals or produce products at
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home unfortunately the large numbers of
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people moving into the cities brought
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about new problems over crowding and
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disease was taking place across many
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cities in America there were not enough
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jobs for the people poverty was found
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everywhere and the cities could not
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support everyone the overcrowding LED to
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poor sanitation causing diseases and
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other health problems as well as
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violence stemming from the protests of
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workers against bosses who were paying
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very low wages some factories were even
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using child labor which was finally
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restricted in the early
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1900s yes
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development and growth also bring
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problems which provide opportunities for
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Solutions despite the problem other
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improvements were made in communication
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and transportation the amazing inventor
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Samuel Morse successfully exploited the
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development of the telegraph in
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1860 which allowed communication by wire
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using electricity and sending pulses of
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dots and dashes to communicate the
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letters of the alphabet from the east
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coast to the Mississippi
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the Cumberland Road became the first
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National Road beginning in
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1811 River Transportation was also
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improved through the invention of the
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improved Steamboat in 1793 by American
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Robert fton the steamboat needed a
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better engine which was obtained from
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and built by inventor James Watt of
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Scotland another important Improvement
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in transportation was the completion of
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the Erie Canal in 1825 helping the
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economy of New York and making it a
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center of trade for the country the
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Transcontinental Railroad was completed
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in 1869 at Promontory Utah helping
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increase trade and travel across the
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United States the railroad linked the
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most important Midwest cities with the
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entire Atlantic Coast it became much
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easier to move materials products and
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other supplies between the producers and
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the
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consumers Carl vandre patented his
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design of a Contraption called the
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velocipede the first commercially
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successful two- wheed steerable
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human-powered riding device the
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Industrial Revolution inspired many
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other great inventions during the rest
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of the 19th century and well into the
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20th century including the light bulb by
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Thomas Edison in
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1878 the telephone by Alexander gry and
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Bell in
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1877 and the first gasoline powered
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automobile by Carl Benz in
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1885 the Industrial Revolution made real
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the dreams of what was and is possible
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today everything we enjoy and need came
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to the great developers and inventors of
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the Industrial Revolution automobiles
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airplanes cell phones and even air
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conditioning and things to help us live
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healthy long lives better Foods medical
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advances ways to fight disease
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all of these developments we enjoy today
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because of the struggles and challenges
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of the great men and women of the
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Industrial Revolution
