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Nathan Hale H.S.Nathan Hale H.S. West Allis, WIWest Allis, WI
Late 18c: French Economic AdvantagesV Napoleonic Code.Napoleonic Code.V French communal law.French communal law.
) Free contractsFree contracts) Open marketsOpen markets) Uniform & clear commercial Uniform & clear commercial
regulationsregulationsV Standards weights & measures.Standards weights & measures.V Established technical schools.Established technical schools.V The government encouraged & The government encouraged &
honored inventors & inventions.honored inventors & inventions.V Bank of France Bank of France European European
modelmodelproviding a reliable currency.providing a reliable currency.
French Economic Disadvantages
V Years of warYears of war) Supported the AmericanSupported the American
Revolution.Revolution.) French Revolution.French Revolution.) Early 19c Early 19c Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic Wars
V Heavy debts.Heavy debts.V High unemployment High unemployment soldiers soldiers
returning from the battlefronts.returning from the battlefronts.V French businessmen were afraid French businessmen were afraid
to take risks.to take risks.
That Nation of Shopkeepers!That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The Enclosure Movement
Metals, Woolens, & Canals
Early Canals
Britain’s Earliest Britain’s Earliest Transportation Transportation InfrastructureInfrastructure
Coalfields & Industrial Areas
18001800 1 ton of coal 50, 000 miners18501850 30 tons 200, 000 miners
18801880 300 million tons 500, 000 miners
19141914 250 million tons 1, 200, 000 miners
Coal Mining in Britain:
1800-1914
British Pig Iron Production
1780 – Henry Cort’s “puddling furnace”
Young Coal Miners
Child Labor in the Mines
Child Child “hurriers”“hurriers”
John Kay’s “Flying Shuttle”
Richard Arkwright:“Pioneer of the Factory
System”
The “Water Frame”The “Water Frame”
Factory Production) Concentrates production in oneConcentrates production in one
place [materials, labor].place [materials, labor].
) Located near sources of power Located near sources of power [rather than labor or markets].[rather than labor or markets].
) Requires a lot of capital Requires a lot of capital investmentinvestment[factory, machines, etc.] more[factory, machines, etc.] morethan skilled labor.than skilled labor.
) Only 10% of English industry in Only 10% of English industry in 1850.1850.
The Factory System
× Rigid schedule.Rigid schedule.× 12-14 hour day.12-14 hour day.× Dangerous conditions.Dangerous conditions.× Mind-numbing monotony.Mind-numbing monotony.
The Power Loom
Textile FactoryWorkers in England
Young “Bobbin-Doffers”
Textile FactoryWorkers in England
18131813 2400 looms 150, 000 workers
18331833 85, 000 looms 200, 000 workers
18501850 224, 000 looms >1 million workers
James Watt’s Steam Engine
Steam Tractor
Steam Ship
An Early Steam Locomotive
Later Locomotives
The Impact of the Railroad
“The Great Land Serpent”
British Coin Portraying a Factory, 1812
Crystal Palace Exhibition: 1851
Exhibitions of the new industrial Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.utopia.
Crystal Palace: Interior Exhibits
Crystal Palace:British Ingenuity on
Display
Crystal Palace:American Pavilion
19c Bourgeoisie: The Industrial Nouveau
Riche
Criticism of the New Bourgeoisie
Stereotype of the Factory Owner
“Upstairs”/“Downstairs” Life
Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830
Age of WorkerAge of Worker Male WagesMale Wages Female WagesFemale Wagesunder 11under 11 2s 3d.2s 3d. 2s. 4d.2s. 4d.11 - 1611 - 16 4s. 1d.4s. 1d. 4s. 3d.4s. 3d.17 - 2117 - 21 10s. 2d.10s. 2d. 7s. 3d.7s. 3d.22 - 2622 - 26 17s. 2d. 17s. 2d. 8s. 5d.8s. 5d.27 - 3127 - 31 20s. 4d. 20s. 4d. 8s. 7d.8s. 7d.32 - 3632 - 36 22s. 8d.22s. 8d. 8s. 9d.8s. 9d.37 - 4137 - 41 21s. 7d.21s. 7d. 9s. 8d.9s. 8d.42 - 4642 - 46 20s. 3d.20s. 3d. 9s. 3d.9s. 3d.47 - 5147 - 51 16s. 7d.16s. 7d. 8s. 10d.8s. 10d.52 - 5652 - 56 16s. 4d.16s. 4d. 8s. 4d.8s. 4d.57 - 6157 - 61 13s. 6d.13s. 6d. 6s. 4d.6s. 4d.
Industrial Staffordshire
Problems of Pollution
The Silent HighwaymanThe Silent Highwayman - 1858 - 1858
The New Industrial City
Early-19c Londonby Gustave Dore
Worker Housing in Manchester
Factory Workers at Home
Workers Housing in Newcastle Today
The Life of the New Urban Poor: A Dickensian
Nightmare!
Private Charities: Soup Kitchens
Private Charities: The “Lady Bountifuls”
The Luddites: 1811-1816
Ned LuddNed Ludd [a mythical figure supposed to live [a mythical figure supposed to live in Sherwood Forest]in Sherwood Forest]
Attacks on the “frames” [power looms].Attacks on the “frames” [power looms].
The Luddite Triangle
The Luddites
BritishBritishSoldiers Soldiers Fire on Fire on BritishBritish
Workers:Workers:
Let us die like Let us die like men, and not be men, and not be sold like slaves!sold like slaves!
Peterloo Massacre, 1819
Men of England, heirs of Glory, Heroes of unwritten story, Nurslings of one mighty Mother, Hopes of her, and one another; Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you- Ye are many — they are few.
The Chartists
KeyKey
ChartistChartistsettlementssettlements
Centres of Centres of ChartismChartism
Area of plug Area of plug riots, 1842riots, 1842
The “Peoples’ Charter”V Drafted in 1838 by Drafted in 1838 by William LovettWilliam Lovett..
V Radical campaign for Radical campaign for Parliamentary reform of the Parliamentary reform of the inequalities created by the Reform inequalities created by the Reform Bill of 1832.Bill of 1832.× Votes for all men.Votes for all men.
× Equal electoral districts.Equal electoral districts.× Abolition of the requirement that Abolition of the requirement that
Members of Parliament [MPs] be Members of Parliament [MPs] be property owners.property owners.
× Payment for Members of Payment for Members of Parliament.Parliament.
× Annual general elections.Annual general elections.× The secret ballot. The secret ballot.
The Chartists
A physical force—A physical force—Chartists arming for Chartists arming for the fight.the fight.
A female ChartistA female Chartist
Anti-Corn Law League, 1845
4 Give manufactures more outlets for Give manufactures more outlets for their products.their products.
4 Expand employment.Expand employment.4 Lower the price of bread.Lower the price of bread.4 Make British agriculture more Make British agriculture more
efficient and productive.efficient and productive.4 Expose trade and agriculture to Expose trade and agriculture to
foreign competition.foreign competition.4 Promote international peace through Promote international peace through
trade contact.trade contact.
Thomas Malthus× Population growth willPopulation growth will
outpace the food outpace the food supply.supply.
× War, disease, or famineWar, disease, or faminecould control could control population.population.
× The poor should have The poor should have less children.less children.
× Food supply will then Food supply will then keep up with keep up with population.population.
David Ricardo× ““Iron Law of Wages.”Iron Law of Wages.”
× When wages are high,When wages are high,workers have moreworkers have morechildren.children.
× More children create aMore children create alarge labor surplus thatlarge labor surplus thatdepresses wages.depresses wages.
The Utilitarians:Jeremy Bentham & John
Stuart Mill× The goal of society is The goal of society is the greatest good for the greatest good for the greatest number.the greatest number.
× There is a role to play for government There is a role to play for government intervention to provide some social safetyintervention to provide some social safetynet.net.
Jeremy Bentham
The Socialists: Utopians & Marxists
× People as a society would operate and own People as a society would operate and own thethemeans of production, not individuals.means of production, not individuals.
× Their goal was a society that benefited Their goal was a society that benefited everyone, not just a rich, well-connected few.everyone, not just a rich, well-connected few.
× Tried to build perfect communities [Tried to build perfect communities [utopiasutopias].].
Government Responsek Abolition of slavery in the Abolition of slavery in the
coloniescoloniesin 1832 [to raise wages in in 1832 [to raise wages in Britain].Britain].
k Sadler CommissionSadler Commission to look intoto look intoworking conditionsworking conditions
Factory ActFactory Act [1833] – child labor.[1833] – child labor.
k New Poor LawNew Poor Law [1834] – indoor [1834] – indoor relief.relief.
Poor houses.Poor houses.
k Reform BillReform Bill [1832] – broadens [1832] – broadens thethevote for the cities.vote for the cities.
British Reform Bill of 1832
British Reform Bills
By 1850: Zones of
Industrializationon the European
Continent Northeast France.Northeast France. Belgium.Belgium. The Netherlands.The Netherlands. Western German states.Western German states. Northern ItalyNorthern Italy East Germany East Germany Saxony Saxony
Industrialization By 1850
Railroads on the Continent
Share in World Manufacturing
Output: 1750-1900
The Politics of Industrialization
State ownership of some industries.State ownership of some industries.) RRs RRs Belgium & most of Germany. Belgium & most of Germany.
Tariffs Tariffs British Corn Laws. British Corn Laws. National Banks granted a monopoly National Banks granted a monopoly
on on issuing bank notes.issuing bank notes.) Bank of England.Bank of England.) Bank of France.Bank of France.
Companies required to register with Companies required to register with the government & publish annual the government & publish annual budgets.budgets.
New legislation to:New legislation to:) Establish limited liability.Establish limited liability.) Create rules for the formation of Create rules for the formation of
corporations.corporations. Postal system.Postal system. Free trade zones Free trade zones Ger. Ger. ZollvereinZollverein