TTO2 - History (Bricks) - Chapter 3

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Sum up your holidays in 3 words!

What do you expect from the history lessons during the 2+ weeks of lockdown?

Last period: 

- We talked about the French Revolution
- What is a revolution? 
- We talked about how the "normal people" could make change happen. 
- We talked about Enlightenment Movement, which two words were central in the ideas of englightenment?

After looking at that picture...
What will this chapter be about?

This chapter is about the Industrial Revolution. Find a picture that best depicts this on google and upload it here!

Pre Industrial Farming

Post Industrial Farming

England 1750

The industrial revolution began around 1750 in England. It happened here for a number of reasons: England had a lot of natural resources, many harbours to ship its goods from and the British were interested in technology and progress.

How did it all start then?

New farming techniques -> more food -> more food means more people -> population growth -> more people means more clothing -> more clothing needed means more textile needed to be produced -> people had to make these textiles -> wasn't fast enough -> a new invention was needed

(Cause and effect relations)

What did we talk about last time?

What was the 'Spinning Jenny'?

Steam Power

The Spinning Jenny and the Waterframe still needed people to man them and they were unreliable at times. 
Luckily they found out about steam power.

Steam engines

As early as 1712, a steam engine was in use pumping water from a mine. In 1764, Scotsman James Watt made a new version that could operate a range of different machines for many different industries. Steam engines became so big that they had to be placed in large buildings, called factories.

Where could we find them?

At first, these factories had to be close to places with a supply of coal and water. The coal was burned to heat up water in order to produce steam. But with the invention of the steam locomotive, these fuels could be transported to all different areas; now factories could be build in other places, like close to a waterway for transport or in a city where workers lived.