HIST 1112—World Civilizations
Dr. Timothy May
The Age of Revolutions
I. 1775-1848 Age of Revolution
a. Industrial Revolution
b. American Revolution-1776--1789
c. French Revolution—1789—1799
d. Revolutions of 1848
e. Rise of Nationalism
II. Industrial Revolution
a. Europe shifts from agriculture and handicrafts
b. New economy is manufacturing in a factory system
c. Why did Industrialization begin in Britain?
i. Transportation system
ii. World’s largest fleet to carry products
iii. World wide colonial markets
iv. Bank of England – provides credit
v. Stable currency
vi. Wealth for investment
d. Agricultural improvements = increase in food production
e. Increased income = greater purchasing power
f. Population growth = surplus labor
g. Surplus labor = growth of cities
h. New Inventions
i. Flying shuttle
j. Spinning Jenny --1764
k. James Watt – steam engine (coal)-1770s
l. Applied to mining and weaving (surplus cotton)
m. Henry Cort – wrought iron
n. Coal and Iron fuel industrial growth
o. Cyrus McCormick & the Reaper--1831
p. The Factory System
i. Discipline
ii. Child Labor
iii. Bourgeois class (bourgeoisie)
iv. Proletariat class
v. Resistance
III. American Revolution
a. Declaration of Independence 1776
b. Keys to success
c. Persistence
d. British Blunders
e. French Intervention
