The Industrial Revolution is the name given the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. About the time of the American Revolution, the people of England began to use machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines.
What were the major inventions of the Ind. Rev?
- James Watt - First reliable Steam Engine - 1775
- Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin, Interchangeable parts for muskets - 1793, 1798
- Robert Fulton - Regular Steamboat service on the Hudson River - 1807
- Samuel F. B. - Morse Telegraph - 1836
- Elias Howe - Sewing Machine - 1844
- Isaac Singer - Improves and markets Howe's Sewing Machine - 1851
- Cyrus Field - Transatlantic Cable - 1866
- Alexander Graham - Bell Telephone - 1876
- Thomas Edison - Phonograph, First Long-Lasting Incandescent Light Bulb - 1877, 1879
- Nikola Tesla - Induction Electric Motor - 1888
- Rudolf Diesel - Diesel Engine - 1892
- Orville and Wilbur Wright - First Airplane - 1903
- Henry Ford - Model T Ford, Large-Scale Moving Assembly Line - 1908, 1913
Explain the factory conditions during the Ind. Rev.
Simply, the working conditions were terrible during the Industrial Revolution. As factories were being built, businesses were in need of workers. With a long line of people willing to work, employers could set wages as low as they wanted because people were willing to do work as long as they got paid.