Industrial Revolution 1750

Hand tools replaced with machines Animal power replaced with steam and electric

power

Fewer people needed to work + ability to produce more food = increased population

Seed drill invented by Jethro Tull(trench, drop seed, cover it up)

1. Lose their jobs 2. Seek work in industry

Charles Townsend

Develops the 4 field system

Greatly increases food production and calorie intake for larger population.

2 replenish nitrogen, 2 use up nitrogen, turnips can be used to feed livestock provide more meat.

The Industrial Revolution begins in England.

Why?

1.Iron ore and coal

2.Rivers

3.Textile industry

Urbanization

Huge population densities

Urbanization

Problems:1.Housing2.Overcrowding3.Pollution4.Trash and sewage5.Fresh water

Wage Slavery

1. Provide company housing

2. Sell goods from factory store

3. Builds a mountain of credit

4. Children work 12-14 hour days, dangerous

Steam Power

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Thomas Newcomen

1712 •Often referred to simply as a Newcomen engine

•Was the first practical device to harness the power of steam to produce mechanical work.

Thomas Newcomen

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James Watt

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Health Care

Private Health: you and doctorPublic Health: all society

Edward Jenner: smallpox vaccine 1796

Joseph Lister 1867

• Noticed that many people survived the trauma of an operation but died afterwards of what was known as ‘ward fever’.

• Doctors were spreading the germs from patient to patient

• Lister believed washing hands and using antiseptic would stop spread of germs

Industrialized nations seek raw material needs outside of their own national borders and satisfy those needs in underdeveloped countries.

Imperialism 1870-1900