6.1 Agricultural and Industrial Revolution 6.2 Causes of Revolution 6.3.1 Economic and Social Impact on the Middle Class 6.3.2 Economic and Social Impact on the Working Class 6.4 British Reform Movement
6.1 Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions
Second Agricultural Revolution 1) Revolution of technique - Charles “Turnip” Townsend 2) Systematized Agricultural Practices - Enclosure Movement 3) Farming as commercial venture
Second Agricultural Revolution
From Cottage to Factory 1) Cottage Industry 2) Factories/Textile Industry 3) Power sources
Iron England 1740: 17,000 tons 1844: 3,000,000
6.2 Causes of the Industrial Revolution
6.3 Economic and Social Impact
6.3.1 Economic and Social Impact on the Working Class 6.3.2 Economic and Social Impact on the Middle Class
6.3.1 Economic and Social Impact – Middle Class
Middle Class Developments 1) Jobs 2) Home 3) Sense of Self
Cult of Domesticity Home
Work
6.3.2 Economic and Social Impact – Working Class
Factory Mindset 1) Control 2) Clock 3) Cog
Family Life 1) Problems 2) Opportunities
Working Class Life 1) Urbanization 2) Disease - Cholera
6.4 British Reform Movement
Welfare State Causes • Urbanization and Migration • Large new class of poor (Proletariat) • Breakdown of old social structures
British Reform Laws • Reform Bill of 1832 • Factory Act of 1833 • Public Health Act of 1848