Industrial Revolution timeline by Elijah Perras

Urbanization 1850

elijahperras — 2024-09-12 17:36:17 UTC

The movement of the population from farms to cities. In the 1800's nearly 5 million people lived in rural areas. During the industrial revolution people left farms for better job opportunities in the cities to work in factories. A issue of urbanization was the fact that so many people moved to cities it caused overpopulation and cities to be crowded.

Mechanical 1847

elijahperras — 2024-09-12 17:53:29 UTC

There was a common problem, it took a very long time to harvest grain such as wheat. But Cyrus McCormick found the solution. McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which he mass produced in factories. Which was a horse-drawn machine that cut and gathered wheat and other grains. McCormick's Machine could do the work of five men using hand tools.

Daily Life in Factory 1836

elijahperras — 2024-09-13 17:42:03 UTC

The Life of working in a factory was harsh, all workers had to labor for 12 hours a day, and 6 days a week with Sundays off for church. Mill workers, worked nearly the same hours all year round. When the industry's grew so did the competition. The employers of the Factory's took less interest in keeping their workers healthy. So workers health and working conditions declined rapidly.

Labor force 1836

elijahperras — 2024-09-13 17:51:42 UTC

The Labor force in factories were usually women and children. Men usually over watched everybody working and didn't really do much of the labor. Boys and girls as young as seven worked in factories. Small children were especially useful in mills because they could squeeze around the large machines and equipment.

Inventions and Tech 1764

elijahperras — 2024-09-16 17:53:17 UTC

In 1764 James Hargreaves made a machine that could spin multiple pieces of thread at once. This machine changed the textile mills forever, it allowed weavers to make textiles faster than ever before. It allowed a worker to produce a great deal more cloth in a day than was possible before.

Industries 1793

elijahperras — 2024-09-16 20:27:56 UTC

In 1793 Samuel Slater made the first successful textile mill in the U.S. Pawtucket Rhode Island. The mill was powered by water and revolutionized the way the U.S. made their textiles. Slaters factory was a huge success. Before long, other American manufacturers started using his ideas.

Interchangeable parts 1798

elijahperras — 2024-09-16 20:49:34 UTC

American inventor Eli whitney, made a machine that would help make guns and other things and also for when they break you would be able to replace that part with ease. His machine made production of weapons and other machines much faster than it was before. In 1798, Whitney began to produce muskets in the first factory to rely solely on interchangeable parts.

Farm Machines 1825

elijahperras — 2024-09-16 21:05:06 UTC

In 1825 Jethro wood made an iron plow with replaceable parts. John Deere improved on the idea when he invented a lightweight steel plow. Earlier plows where either made out of iron or wood and pulled by oxen, which were strong but slow. A horse, less strong but faster than an ox. So it could pull the plow down the field more quickly.

Urbanization 1850

elijahperras — 2024-09-16 21:17:43 UTC

Urbanization was a steady process. In the 1800s only 6 percent of the nations population lived in urban areas. By 1850 during the industrial revolution that percent of the nations people went from 6 to 15 percent. And only by the 1920s did more people live in urban areas than in rural areas. The cities were very small compared to nowadays it would only take you 30 minutes to walk from one end to another, and the buildings were usually only 2 stories and no more.

Labor force 1842

elijahperras — 2024-09-16 21:27:59 UTC

To work in the newly made mills they hired girls from nearby farms. The lowell girls is what they came to call them usually worked a few years and then went back home to marry. These women, and other women that worked in mills, made an important contribution to the american economy and society by providing labor for the industrial revolution.