Western Civ. Finals
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- industrial revolution
- 1780-1905. a speed up in techological development, factory usage, commercial activity, and the introduction of more sophisticated banking institutions.
- ingradients of a successful industry
- financing, labor supply, machinery, power to run machines
- 3 stages: 1st stage
- mid 18th- mid 19th century. britain takes lead because they werent involved in the french revolution, raw materials-iron&coal. transportation system, leader in commerce, ecominmic policy & navy.
- "putting out industry"
- one family spins while another does the weaving
- the factory system
- cloth made in factories changed the home industry
- Kay
- 1733 flying shuttle. semi automatic, weaves yarn faster
- hargreaves
- 1763 spinning jenny produce more yarn faster
- Arkwright
- water frame. thread
- cartwright
- weaving cloth
- Whitney
- 1794. removes seeds from cotton faster. replaced 50 people and also interchangable parts for guns. proced most guns used in war.
- Newcomen
- invented atmospheric machine that pumped water out of shallow cole mines
- Steam ENgine
- replaced water power, perfected by Watt in 1760. steam rotary machine doesnt need to be by water
- iron coal & steel
- in more of a need for these
- Darby the elder and younger
- stimulate the production of pig iron. the younger perfected the use of coke for iron smelting
- Cort
- 1784. responsible for perfecting way sheet iron
- Bessemer
- 1856. steel stronger the iron. called it the bessemer process which cut cost of steel by 50%
- McAdams
- putting smalls pebbles or rocks onto roads called Macadamization by 1820 most were Mac.
- stephenson
- built first steam powered locomotive
- delessops
- french architecht 1869-opened and first to sail
- suez canal
- connects mediterranean sea wiith the red sea
- panama canal
- connects atlantic to pacific. went bankrupt bc yellow fever kills so many workers 40 mill to complete it 6,000 died
- railroad
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england builds 25,000 miles of railroad
germany- 38,000 france-21,000 italy- 9,000 U.S.- 200,000 - Mailservice
- starts in britain 1784
- sewing machine
- 1846- singer
- telegraph
- 1844 morse
- cable under english channel
- from eng to france 1851