KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

·      The Industrial Revolution is the name given to a series of changes that brought about a transition from production by hand to production by machine from small scale production to large scale production, hand made goods to machine made goods.

·      Industrial Revolution started in England in the second part of the 18^th century and in the first part of the 19^th century.

·      Industrial Revolution first influenced the Cotton Textile Industry

·      In 1733, John Kay invented the Flying Shuttle for weaving cloth

·      James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764 (Jenny was the name of his wife)

·      Water Frame was invented by Richard Archwright

·      Samuel Crompton invented Mule in 1779

·      Power Loom was invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1785

·      James Watt invented Steam Engine in 1769

·      ‘Safety Lamp’ or ‘Davis Lamp’ was invented by Humphrey Davy in 1816

·      Elias Home invented sewing machine in 1846

·      ‘The Warrior’ was the first warship built with iron plates

·      Abraham Derby invented the method of smelting iron with coke in 1709

·      Bersemer invented the steel furnace in 1856

·      First Steam Locomotive was invented by Trevithick in 1800

·      In 1814 George Stephenson invented an improved steam locomotive called Rocket. It was finally used in opening the first passenger railway from Liverpool to Manchester. That is why Stephenson us called the father of Steam Locomotive

·      Steam Boat was invented by Robert Fulton in 1807

·      First steam ship sailed from Glasglow to Liverpool in 1857. A ship first crossed the Atlantic in 1833

·      The method of sending message by wire was invented by Morse in 1835

·      Electric Telegraph was invented by Graham Bell in 1876

·      John Macadam, an engineer of Scotland made the first strong roads in England with the help of small stones

·      First important Trade Union Movement in the world was Chartist Movement originated in England as a result of the Industrial Revolution

·      Japan was the first Asian country to be industrialized

·      The Steam Engine invented by James Watt was called Beelzebub

·      Industrial Revolution gave rise to Capitalism

·      A little before the Industrial Revolution the Agrarian Revolution broke out in England.

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES