Industrial Revolution Lecture pt. II Transitions in the Manufacturing of Goods.

Industrial Revolution Lecture Industrial Revolution Lecture pt. IIpt. II

Transitions in the Transitions in the Manufacturing of GoodsManufacturing of Goods

The Cottage IndustryThe Cottage Industry►During the years of Absolute During the years of Absolute

Monarchy, Monarchy, production was very production was very limitedlimited and and goods were not widely goods were not widely accessibleaccessible

►Production took place in peoples Production took place in peoples homeshomes and they relied on a merchant and they relied on a merchant to supply them with materialsto supply them with materials

►This was known as This was known as The Cottage The Cottage IndustryIndustry

The Cottage IndustryThe Cottage Industry► The The MerchantMerchant would own a store in would own a store in

town that sold goods; example clothing.town that sold goods; example clothing.

► The merchants steps to produce clothingThe merchants steps to produce clothing

1. First Stop: Sheep farm to get wool1. First Stop: Sheep farm to get wool2. Second Stop: Thread spinner’s house2. Second Stop: Thread spinner’s house3. Third Stop: Fabric weaver’s house3. Third Stop: Fabric weaver’s house4. Fourth Stop: Sewer’s house 4. Fourth Stop: Sewer’s house

► Once the clothing was made, the Once the clothing was made, the merchant would merchant would bring it back to his bring it back to his store in townstore in town

The Cottage SystemThe Cottage System► This system was an early form of This system was an early form of

capitalism,capitalism, in which there was private in which there was private ownership, competition, and profitownership, competition, and profit

► As populations were growing this As populations were growing this system system could not meet the demandscould not meet the demands for goods for goods

►New inventionsNew inventions were making it easier to were making it easier to produce textiles without having to go from produce textiles without having to go from home to homehome to home

► The political revolutions resulted in people The political revolutions resulted in people having the freedom to having the freedom to produce and produce and exchange goods for profitexchange goods for profit

New Inventions in TextilesNew Inventions in Textiles

1. 1. Spinning Jenny-Spinning Jenny- invented by James invented by James HargreavesHargreaves

-spin wool to -spin wool to produce yarnproduce yarn

--reduced the amount of laborreduced the amount of labor it took to it took to produceproduce

-A single machine could spin -A single machine could spin 8 spools8 spools at at one timeone time

2.2. Power LoomPower Loom -invented by Edmund Cartwright -invented by Edmund Cartwright

-weave yarn or thread into -weave yarn or thread into fabricsfabrics

-increased the -increased the rate of productionrate of production of fabrics of fabrics

--machines had to be machines had to be powered by waterpowered by water

The Impact of New The Impact of New InventionsInventions

► These These new machines were too bignew machines were too big for the for the usually small cottagesusually small cottages

►Merchants had to Merchants had to provide a placeprovide a place for these for these new machines and then new machines and then employ peopleemploy people to to work themwork them

► These places had to be These places had to be located close to located close to power sourcespower sources such as water or coal such as water or coal

► This was the beginning of the This was the beginning of the factory factory systemsystem

Effects of the New Textile Effects of the New Textile IndustryIndustry

1.1. Mass produced goodsMass produced goods to meet the to meet the growing population needsgrowing population needs

2.2. Dramatically Dramatically lowered priceslowered prices and goods and goods became more affordablebecame more affordable

3.3. UrbanizationUrbanization- people left their villages - people left their villages to find work in factories which led to the to find work in factories which led to the growth of citiesgrowth of cities

4.4. Created a new social class in society Created a new social class in society called the called the working classworking class