Child Labour
factories, mines, and agriculture
Impact of agriculture in the Industrial Revolution
Helped bring about the Industrial Revolution through innovations and inventions that altered how the farming process worked.
What was the Steam Power?
An efficient and powerful alternative to muscle, water, and wind power
Main ways of transportation
Roads, canals, and railways were three major components of transportation improved during the first industrial revolution.
What did John Kay’s invention of the flying shuttle improve?
weaving looms
Effects of Labour on Children
Child labour can result in extreme bodily and mental harm, and even death.
What made it easier for farmers to do their jobs?
New technology, including chemicals and larger tractors, allowed farmers to work larger areas of land with less labor.
What did steam power replace?
Steam engines started to replace water and wind power
How was transportation affected by the Industrial Revolution?
Transportation was no longer limited to rivers and canals.
What was the “cotton gin” invented by Eli Whitney used for?
separate seeds from cotton fibers efficiently
Amount of money earned by the Children each day
On average the children earn less than $2 a day. Some less than $1 a day.
Increased food production improved people's diet and health, which contributed to rapid population growth
Why was steam power important in the transportation revolution?
The steam engine gave people another way to travel besides boat, horse drawn wagon or land.
What brought about a revolution in the means of transportation?
First the invention of a wheel brought a revolution in transport.
Who invented the seed drill in 1701 as a way to plant more efficiently?
Jethro Tull
The working conditions where the children worked
Miserable working conditions including crowded and unclean factories, a lack of safety codes and long hours.
What is the relationship between industrialization and agriculture?
What is steam and how is it created as power?
Steam is the gaseous phase of water which is formed when the necessary latent heat of vaporization is supplied to water at its boiling point.
How did steam technology impact the transportation industry?
Steam technology changed the nature of transportation. Until steam engines were put on riverboats, shipping had depended on either wind and river currents or on human and animal power.
What inventions did James Watt contribute to?
Rotary engine, Copy machine, Horsepower
Reasons why children were ideal workers
Children were ideal employees because..
- they could be paid less
- were often of smaller size so could attend to tasks in tight spaces
- were less likely to cause a strike pitiable working conditions.
What agricultural innovations led to the industrial revolution?
An important factor of the Agricultural Revolution was the invention of new tools and advancement of old ones, including the plough, seed drill, and threshing machine, to improve the efficiency of agricultural operations.
What was the steam powered ship in the Industrial Revolution?
The steamboat was an important invention developed during the Industrial Revolution to improve commerce and human transportation, especially along rivers.
Which invention revolutionized transportation and made possible the growth of railroads?
The steam locomotive was the invention of the steam locomotive that made the growth of railroads possible.
What was significant about James McAdam’s process of "macadamisation"?
replaced the traditional foundations of layers of rock
enabled the construction and maintenance of more durable roads at a greatly reduced cost
contributing to the growth and improvement of transportation