Industrialization #1: England’s #1Journal: What would your life be like

without a cell phone? Describe 3 specific ways in which your life would be different if

cell phones did notnot exist.

Objectives

• How does the agricultural revolution help lead to industrialization?

• Why does England industrialize first?

Agricultural Revolution: changes in farming• Through 1700s nearly everyone was

a farmer BUT farmers will begin to make enclosures (fences) around land1. Farmers will gain larger pieces of

land – kicking smaller farmers out2. Farmers will develop more

efficient ways to grow crops

This leads to ….• Surplus: more than enough–Surplus of food – more ppl will live

• Fewer farmers

Industrial Revolution (mid 1700s): change from making goods by hand to making them by machine

England will industrialize 1st b/c

1. Natural resources: things found in earth–Coal – fuel – Iron – building

material–Rivers – transport

items & water power –Harbors – ocean

access for transportation abroad

2. Large population – workers3. Entrepreneurs – people willing to take risks

to get a large profit4. Capital - $$$ - banks are willing to lend to

entrepreneurs to start new businesses

5. Inventions:– Flying shuttle: weave

fabric – Spinning jenny: spin

into thread– Cotton gin: cleans

cotton, invented by Eli Whitney

Industrialization will change society

forever! Do you make anything by hand any more?

FR #24: pg 228

• Pg. 228– Geography questions, answer 1 and 2– Section 1 Assessment, answer #2 only• Copy the chartCopy the chart and use Section 1 to fill in

the blanks • If you finish early, see me for Indust. #2• Quiz will be in the last 10 minutes of class

Return #16-21 = 20 points

• Graded:– #18: vocab w/pix (5 points)– #19: book assign w/ sub (5 points) – #21: worth 10 points, answer 12 essential

questions for benchmark review

• Don’t miss out on these easy points!