Industrial Revolution

Main Attraction

Transportation

• James Watt created the steam engine 
• It was a revolution in travel and transportation of goods
• It also revolutionized the way people did work              
• This also allowed factories to become powered cheaper
• With the use of this technology production soared   

Natural Resources

• Coal Mining allowed Europe to fuel their machines
• Advances in Agriculture leads to improve crop yeild
• The development of Iron smelted with coke as opposed to charcoal 

Main Attraction

Coal mining

• Advancements in coal mining led to greater yields of coal 
• This surplus powered the innovations and machines   
• This also powered innovations and production in the smelting industry

Movement

• Coal was transported down mine shafts by cart
• They were then hauled in baskets to the surface
• Workers had long hours spent on hard labor

Firemen

• Hired to remove dangerous gasses in mine shaft
• Used a candle on the end of a long stick 
• Often died in gas explosions; high mortality rate

Main Attraction

textiles

• Prior to the revolution clothes were made at home
• One of the major driving factors of the revolution
• Inventions of the revolution enabled mass production
• Utilized mechanized power as opposed to human

Child labor

• Valued for their smaller hands to work machines
• Factory Acts passed to reduce child labor hours
• Often worked for significantly lower wages than adults

Spinning Jenny

• Enabled one worker to spin multiple threads
• Drastically increased production
• Invented by James Hargreaves

Agriculture

• Leaving fields fallow 
• Jethro Tull- Horse Hoe, Sea Drill
• More advanced metal tools
• Lord Townshend- Four Course Crop Rotation

Common Staples

• Oatcakes
• Bread and Soups
• Gruel:  Soup from potates, oats milk & water
• Mutton or inexpensive meats
• Beer for lack of pure water supply

Rare Eats

• Water
• Tropical Fruits
• Milk and Dairy Products
• Fresh Meat

Music

• More music schools  opened
• Better instruments were fashioned
• Musicians became teachers

Musical Artists

• Nicolo Paganini: violinist
• Franz Liszt: pianist
• Johannes Brahms: Pianist 

Famous Composers

• Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Piotr Tchaikovksy 
• Frederic Chopin

Romanticism

• Music for the middle class
• Parlor Music for social gathering
• Evokes emotion from music
• Unlike Traditional Concert Hall music

Famous Artists

• Claude Monet
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Casper David Friedrich

Noteworthy Pieces

• Monet's Water Lily Pond
• Van Gogh's The Starry Night
• Monet's Cliff  walk at Pourville