Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
In which John Green wraps up revolutions month with what is arguably the most revolutionary of modern revolutions, the Industrial Revolution. While very few leaders were beheaded in the course of this one, it changed the lives of more people more dramatically than any of the political revolutions we've discussed. So, why did the Industrial Revolution happen around 1750 in the United Kingdom? Coal. Easily accessible coal, it turns out. All this, plus you'll finally learn the difference between James Watt and Thomas Newcomen, and will never again be caught telling people that your blender has a 900 Newcomen motor.
Chapters:
Introduction: The Industrial Revolution 00:00
What Was the Industrial Revolution? 1:48
Innovations in the British Textile Industry 2:38
Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Europe? 4:08
An Open Letter to the Steam Engine 4:57
What was going on in China during the Industrial Revolution? 5:35
European Advantages: High Wages and Low Fuel Costs 7:03
What was going on in India during the Industrial Revolution? 9:28
Credits 10:29
Learn more about the Industrial Revolution in these Crash Course videos:
The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24: • The Industrial Revolut...
The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21: • The Industrial Revolut...
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Views: 5% - Bored People 5% - History Addicts 90% - People cramming for an exam
@camppillow
4 жыл бұрын
perfect example of me dying! my homework of " *INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION* " is due tomorrow :p
@jaredalvarez890
4 жыл бұрын
@@camppillow mine is due tomorrow, I just need to know how geography helped the Industrial Revolution
@thingonathinginathing
4 жыл бұрын
History addict reporting in
@zkysk7672
4 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this for none of those reasons. I'm genuinely interested in the industrial revolution- because we are in one right now. Technology is changing everything, and there's a lot of similar patterns.
@Orangeboyhd
4 жыл бұрын
i fall in the 5% of history addicts
who else is watching this while quarantined in your home for an online class assignment?
@whatdoyoumeankillsforupto4703
4 жыл бұрын
Here
@rivernm105
4 жыл бұрын
Here
@alyssaturner1073
4 жыл бұрын
literally me😂
@picklerick8715
4 жыл бұрын
O.o Silicon Valley O.O
@hersheysbar28
4 жыл бұрын
Ayy lmao
Who else had to watch this as a class assignment?
@vaselini
5 жыл бұрын
John Getachew yup. I still remember the teacher slowing it down so that we could understand him
@mrduckyru
4 жыл бұрын
History assessment lol
@TR1PP531
4 жыл бұрын
Yep I do at ACA
@asmaamahran654
4 жыл бұрын
uhhhhh more like a project
@coopermcewan1648
4 жыл бұрын
me
Teacher: Explains Industrial Revolution in over 6 weeks Me: ... i still don't get it Me: Finds this video Me: Ohhhhhhhh yeah, i get it now Also me: Fails the Test
@Schizohandlers
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh what are you not getting
@1millionsubswithonly2video39
4 жыл бұрын
@@Schizohandlers THE WHOLE THINGG
@gamegirl8722
4 жыл бұрын
@@1millionsubswithonly2video39 mood
@elorahancock6326
4 жыл бұрын
Blasian Gurl basically just remember that unions cane out of it and factories were huge and had no safety or child labor laws
@1millionsubswithonly2video39
4 жыл бұрын
@@elorahancock6326 What's a union? u mean onion ?
People watching this: 5%- history addicts 95%- people forced to for online school
@ApersonIguess-rb6fu
4 жыл бұрын
Fellow history addict here.
@tigrang1134
4 жыл бұрын
Angel Pansari no just improving
@wldnlucas7855
4 жыл бұрын
Tiko on iPad lol if u wanna improve ur an addict
@sophia3037
4 жыл бұрын
Copycat
@tigrang1134
4 жыл бұрын
SOPHIA stfu ur so annoying
You exist? *I N D U S T R I A L R E V O L U T I O N*
@illiteratethug3305
5 жыл бұрын
@Rhys Parry yes
@hannahkellaway
4 жыл бұрын
Your iPhone? I N D U S T R I- Capitalism ... Plus industrial revolution
@dinonugget2238
4 жыл бұрын
@@hannahkellaway H I S T O R Y Honestly I've never heard of capitalism I don't know. I'm in the 6th grade.
@RockSmithStudio
4 жыл бұрын
Ya. Also the digital revolution!
@fivesARC--5555
4 жыл бұрын
yep i thought the same thing
since we're all here because of online classes, y'all got the answers?
no one: john green: *I N D U S T R I A L R E V O L U T I O N*
my teacher played this in history today and I was so happy when he told us that we'll be watching more episodes later on, it's amazing how much better school is when john green is involved
@VRichardsn
10 жыл бұрын
Like with pretty much everything that has to do with learning, the less boring it is, the faster and better you understand and assimilate it.
Take a shot everytime he says industrial revolution
@devin_pauley_19
5 жыл бұрын
Lol I did that in my history class
@nostalgia8290
4 жыл бұрын
I don't want to pass out
@gamegirl8722
4 жыл бұрын
are you trying to kill us
6:33 R.I.P. Flowers. You will forever be remembered.
@TR1PP531
4 жыл бұрын
OH SAY CAN YOU SEEEEEEEEEEE BY THE DAWNS EARLY BRIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHT
You blink * I N D U S T R I A L R E V O L U T I O N*
@1millionsubswithonly2video39
4 жыл бұрын
lmao
I worship to your videos before an exam
@JessWeng
9 жыл бұрын
Pray**
@drpyaepeterjackson
9 жыл бұрын
Does it work ?
@JessWeng
9 жыл бұрын
Peter Jackson Haha lol, no :PPP
@drpyaepeterjackson
9 жыл бұрын
actually worshipping these videos makes u smart :)
@JessWeng
9 жыл бұрын
Peter Jackson lolllllll I wish ;)
how did i just find out that this dude wrote The Fault in Our Stars
@taylor8153
4 жыл бұрын
did he really?
@Good_Side
4 жыл бұрын
@@taylor8153 it's been 5 months u don't need to respond
@staticchronos2780
4 жыл бұрын
@@taylor8153 yeah, he did
@matiastoledo4201
4 жыл бұрын
He also wrote paper towers
@ky6517
4 жыл бұрын
Wait so THIS is the John Green who wrote that?? Oh wow.
The second half of the video is very simplistic. Firstly, Europe had a long history of mechanized production way before the steam engine and "cheap coal". Water powered and mechanized mills appeared in Europe as back as the 12th century. And there were aspects of industrialism way before the industrial revolution. For examle, let´s look at paper. Although invented in China in 105 AD, it was always a small production artisan process to make it. It´s only when it came to Europe that we first see economies of scale and mechanization. The first paper mill dates to 1276 Italy. When Johannes Gutenberg invented his printing press in 1440, it was a matter of entrepreneurialism, not just individual genius or "making inventions". He studied in a university, traveled to Strasbourg, made a business deal with merchants who provided him with venture capital for the development. Which he then used to assemble a team of artisans, who provided several years of engineering and inventions of their own to make it happen. Trying to beat the competition breathing on their back... And of course, the only reason the printing press was ever useful was because by that time paper was produced in giant mills, where cloth rags were beaten to a paper pulp by water powered hammers. The printing press then fueled Renaissance and education, wich fueled inovation and so on. You mentioned how the textile industry started it all, but the "flying shuttle" was invented by John Kay in 1733 and the "spinning jenny" was invented by James Hargreaves in 1764. The first textile factory of Comford Mill was built by Richard Arkwright in 1772 and was powered by water wheel. So by the time James Watt invented his steam engine in 1778, to make it´s impact, the industrial revolution already begun.
@tigrang1134
4 жыл бұрын
Wtf, y did u write all of that?!#$.?&*@#?
@reachfan88277
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh stfu you’re annoying omfg
Teacher: 11 minutes till the test Me:
I half expected that when he ended the ramblings about how everything in our lives was due to the industrial revolution, he would say "unless you're the Mongols."
@zanderrose
7 жыл бұрын
After he mentioned plumbing, he should've said "unless you're the romans"
@VishrutKannan
6 жыл бұрын
Lol Mongols are the exceptionXD
@sophiacai8157
6 жыл бұрын
@Minecrew Hcrid NO.
@jiagengliu
5 жыл бұрын
Well in this case Mongols are not an exception indeed :)
@Alex-ur8kd
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks the Mongols didn't reach England in 13th century, they were an unstoppable force.
I'm upset that it took me halfway through my sophomore year to discover Crash Course. Thank you, John Green and the whole staff, not only helping me understand topics as a whole, but making me much more curious to learn more and get interested in the subject. My history textbook just doesn't have the same effect, needless to say.
Covid 19 is why I’m here rn
@tyleacouch6314
4 жыл бұрын
Martin Carmona same
@malcolmjenkins4501
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@amyagoofyahh3037
4 жыл бұрын
same
@kayvee3634
4 жыл бұрын
Martin Carmona same
@turtle2246
4 жыл бұрын
Same
my teacher literally just shows me John Green's videos and expects me to somehow understand everything there is to be know on this subject
This is probably the best web series i have ever seen, history is a very under-appreciated subject.
I feel like there was a lot here about the outcome and not much about the process... The industrial revolution completely reformed British society, as people gathered from the countryside to form huge cities in order to work in factories. This sudden and unprecedented change came with all sorts of problems, and working conditions were horrendous, but the new working order and lowered costs of mass produced items like bread and clothes, along with their newly available education, gave former peasants the chance to rise and create the middle class. The railway network that drastically altered Europe paved the wartime supply lines, while steamboats improved cross-atlantic trade: things which had great impact on the people's way of life. Those dense industrial cities still exist, although their trade wealth is gone, factories replaced by offices; the clustered red brick houses still stand; the canals run between them; Ireland still makes expensive linen, and until the 80s Wales still mined coal. Even the co-operative is still running banks, supermarkets and funeral care.
John sounds so enthusiastic when he speaks it makes me really want to pay attention when he talks about this stuff
Am I the only one who said "Aww!" when I saw WALL-E at 2:18? I love that little robot lol
@RonanBunny
4 жыл бұрын
Nope, I am also a fan of Wall•E
Me: is this a promotion for your T-shirts? John Green: no, this is *the mongols*
@goneaccount9161
4 жыл бұрын
Scatlife_ f
“This machine kills fascists” had me dead in the vid
You live somewhere other than a farm? Industrial revolution! Oh I live in a cave!
@walidsbeih9329
8 жыл бұрын
Industrial revolution!
@innocentferret2365
8 жыл бұрын
In which she locks you in for several hours a day. Thnx Industrial Revolution
@marinareinheimer2639
7 жыл бұрын
i actually live in a farm lmao
@Whitlock123
7 жыл бұрын
We're not savages...
@lilyvicbarlizo5790
7 жыл бұрын
gay mario what is a wifi?
cramming for the ap tomorrow be like-
@maximusmorcos5407
5 жыл бұрын
me rn
@puree4427
5 жыл бұрын
study periods 4,5,6 STUDY
@jessicamedina8087
5 жыл бұрын
You too huh?
@devinotero1798
5 жыл бұрын
Got it at 8 am tm
@kat-ze4eh
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve just started studying 😭💀
An open letter to steam engine: stop fking around and make half life 3 already!
@mayankraj6008
9 жыл бұрын
Half life 3 will be too glorious for source engine
@BattlegroundsFTW
9 жыл бұрын
Mayank Raj That's why they're making Source 2 first
@NeroVuk
9 жыл бұрын
They will prob make Dota 3 first, like Dota 2, but with hats. Top kek, lel.
@mayankraj6008
9 жыл бұрын
Nero Vuk They will more likey release half life 3 as so many people want it
@NeroVuk
9 жыл бұрын
Mayank Raj so many people have wanted it for eons now.
This is going to help me a lot with my homework. Good that history doesn't change so this video never gets outdated
This 11 minute video probably taught me more than my teacher talking for an hour about the exact same topic
Exam tomorrow lmao
@TooFast_
5 жыл бұрын
I got you fam
@ziky8511
5 жыл бұрын
same
@infinitespiral4151
4 жыл бұрын
Same
this guy talking is making me hold my breath.
Thank you for your videos. I am a school teacher and I use these videos as the engagement activity when introducing new units. My sixth graders love the fast pace, humor, sarcasm, and story telling in these videos and they spur excellent class discussion about the unit. Most times I never get to any other activities after I show these. You guys rock!
I watch this stuff for fun but now I have an exam.
2:21 there's a picture of the tesseract when he says "new energy sources" YESSSSSS
1:37 I saw what you did there Mr. Green...
@treadmill3889
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I saw the Mongol-tage as well.
@sis6334
5 жыл бұрын
1:38
@aidenwild731
4 жыл бұрын
we chesee
@flg1475
4 жыл бұрын
Sis is
I'm not sure how much I'm learning simply because I'm watching this for entertainment value. John Green, you've made my least favorite subject in high school my most favorite subscribed channel. Props to the rest of your staff as well.
im taking summerschool for US history and i cant tell you how much this guy has helped me
bed? *industrial revolution* electronics? *industrial revolution* prescription? *industrial revolution* hotel? *trivago*
My skin, industrial revolution! My hair, industrial revolution! My black magic skills, industrial revolution!
2019: John Green 2020: John Quarantine!
Watching for a assignment in class😃
00:00 sliding into them DMs and also my man sliding so hard knocked the earth out of orbit
OMG!!!!! Thank you Stan and John for putting the TARDIS in there!!! You guys seriously make me like history so much more!!!
this is my life saver, especially finals are coming up 😭
@bohan2843
8 жыл бұрын
+Christiana Ilagan good luck :)
@EaZePromo
8 жыл бұрын
2 days and finals week for me
@Yk-mm6xt
8 жыл бұрын
+EaZe than get off of KZread and start studying
@EaZePromo
8 жыл бұрын
Amy kesselman This is studying lmao
@yusufsaquib2800
8 жыл бұрын
Same dude. I need this xD
Thanks again for all that you do John and the team, another awesome video. Cheers!
The man who gets me through all the test not all heroes wear capes.
Anyone else feel he talks really fast, I have to slow down the video LOL
@niclouds5292
8 жыл бұрын
I speed him up to 1.25.+Hi
@IainRosen
8 жыл бұрын
+Hi That's why it's called a crash course
@insiya4561
8 жыл бұрын
+Hi IKKKRRRR!!! He speaks so fast that he doesn't have time to take a breath.
@misterw236
8 жыл бұрын
+Hi I struggle with his fast pace as well. I would watch a video twice as long if he spoke at half the pace. I need time to process what's being said.
@machilis1999
7 жыл бұрын
+GC W i watch his videos twice always😂
i'll be legit sad when this series ends
good luck to everyone taking the apwh exam tomorrow!
even my AP world teacher shows us your vids every time we are working on a topic that you have a video on, and he even gives us homework on it. thanks for the year of easy, 5 point homework assignments!! 👍👍👍
I have spent the past two days watching this World History series and I have found it to be educational and entertaining including the episode on wait for it.....The Monguls. I wish John was high school teacher for like every subject my report cards would have looked better.
John sorry but a TARDIS runs on the energy of a dying star!
@GeekInfusion
9 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that just to contact Rose in the parallel world? I'm pretty sure the Time Vortex is the heart of the TARDIS. It turned Rose in to Bad Wolf.
@Dogetor
9 жыл бұрын
In the parting of ways, yes it does say that. But in Journey to the center of the TARDIS, the dying star: "The Eye of Harmony" is said to have powered it, that was the whole focus of the episode.
@GeekInfusion
9 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, that's right. I'd forgotten about that. So many good episodes :)
@owencooper5464
9 жыл бұрын
Doge much time many star wow all dying
@DarkZide8
9 жыл бұрын
Doge it is probably using that energy in order to fuel a steam engine ;)
I cant believe this was made 11 years ago and i actually like watching it... I was 5 when this video came out 😆
I think a major factor that led the British to industrialize first was the fact that they were surrounded by water , hence transportation was easy.
I have two essays due today, both history essays. I appreciate these videos so much lol.
class assignment during coronavirus :(
Thank you Industrial Revolution for making Crash Course possible to produce
love how the 'energy source' in John's explanation was the Tesseract from the MCU. nice touch. and it brought back memories.
Another look at why the industrial era kicked off in Europe is the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel". I strongly advise reading it.
**Insert comment nitpicking some minor aspect of the video here** **insert comment complaining about some aspect of history left out of the video** **insert comment on self-hating his own history or the western world here**
"You get 12 years of free formal education" This might not age well
The production quality of this channel is so god damn high
I love how he goes into how the East has also made incredible developments throughout history. Everyone says Gutenberg was first to mass produce paper in 1400-1500 but the east beat us to it in 800-900
My teacher makes us cite everything that's not common knowledge but I learned so much from AP World History last year that isn't common knowledge and I no longer have the textbook so this video is a lifesaver, both as a review and a source that I can cite for my paper.
So useful! Going to keep using this channel for all my studying needs!
spoiler alert the flowers are real
If you read down the comments you get arguments about coal production and economic environments, ect.. But the one thing you don't get is the one glaring difference from every where else. The concept, idea, and craze (fad) of invention to get rich. The spinning jenny was the first invention to make it's inventor rich. The idea that you could invent something and get rich was what made the industrial revolution.
@KN-vg3yz
5 жыл бұрын
BALLS LIKE ITS FIFA
Love the way you threw that promotion in there. Also, love you videos!!
the first part was really specific. I love your channel. keep making videos!
honestly that before the intro, sequence was amazing
My history teacher used to play these videos and when now i see them they remind me of her :(
Thank you for mentioning China
very useful thx i needed this for an exam
This video was awesome! Good information in a form that was easy to understand. One of the best channels in You Tube!
Just love history and John Greene
Great video, John, just one objection: it was iron rather than steel that, along with coal, fueled the whole thing up in the beginning, including that virtuous railroad cycle that you mentioned - and that for the better part of the nineteenth century. My source is Hobsbawm, who claims that even the "Age of Capital" (ending in 1875) was still an age of iron, not one of steel.
Thank you John Green you are helping me ace my test (ace means score A+).
I will forever thank you guys for giving me summary's of everything the day before an exam
8:07 That took me a few seconds to process
@leemoulton7776
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
This dude really be hitting everything 00:01 6:32
Industrial revolution knowledge helped me to an A in Social politics exam...I love how everything is connected :-)
I just used your video in my HIST 1301 class! My students love you!
3:57 that was one hell of a plug.
I love how you guys make these funny and add references to other things here and there in the videos. Makes them far more entertaining and memorable!
@aaqibaliey477
5 жыл бұрын
Oh ! It means you are watching this for entertainment rather than to know something about industrialization!!!!!!
This guy makes history fun
John Green, the advertisement wasn't shameless, it was worthy. I would most definitely support crash course and buy the shirt if I didn't live in a third world country where buying online goodies isn't very easy. Anyway, much love, respect and emotional support for what you guys have been doing.
dying rn bc i have a final tmrw about this stuff and i think my teacher lowkey hates me so i gotta do well, ty john
how is my project? The Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution was the transition to new manufacturing ways in the period of 1760-1840. This transition included going from products made by hand to by machines. The machines were running on steam power, this made the production of products easier. The steam engine was used in mining, used to draw water from the ground so the mines don't flood. The steam engine was perfected by James Watt, and in honor of him, they named a unit of power after him. The industrial revolution started in Great Britain and quickly spread across Europe and the Americas. Also, many technological innovations were originally British ideas. Britain became the worlds leading commercial nation by the mid-18th century from trading with colonies in North America and the Caribbean. The industrial revolution influenced most of the modern things today (cars, television, phones etc.). One reason Great Britain was the worlds leading commercial nation was the high wages, Britain also had coal which made steam engines run with could be paid for by the high wages. Before the industrial revolution, 80% of the world's population was in farming to keep its self and the other 20% from starving. Today less than 1% of people are in farming. The invention of the flying shuttle by John Kay increased the speed of weaving which created a demand for yarn, which led to the creation of the Spinning Jenny and the water frame. The steam engine made the flying shuttle better, which needed the Spinning Jenny and the water frame to improve too. The steam engine powered trains and steamboats and also made more efficient cotton mills. For the first time, other chemicals besides stale urine were being used to bleach clothes people wore. The first of these chemicals was sulfuric acid. Why did Britain experience the industrial revolution first? Its an argument between people, some argue that science and invention that made the creation of these technologies possible. Another argument is Freer political institutions encouraged innovation and strong property rights which created incentives for inventors. Also, there is its small population, and small populations need labor-saving inventions. The steam engine has never really been approved upon since James Watt changed it. almost all energy run on a steam engine, whether its a nuclear or coal power its just basically a steam engine. Britain had two major advantages in the industrial revolution. 1: coal, this is because the thing that made the industrial revolution go was a steam engine which ran on coal. 2: wages, Britain had the highest wages in the world, most likely due to the black death killing off a lot of its population, so it tightened labor market to influence them to want to work with the high wages.
@Niko-hj5hb
5 жыл бұрын
very good
He teaches me more than my real teachers
You are literally my hero!!!! I should have been watching these vids from day 1 instead of trying to understand my Professor's beyond horrible lectures ... Seriously thank you for saving my grades
Summary of industrial revolution in one sentence : 2:21 If you have to find one like I did for school
Yes I am quarantined at home studying for a discussion board. It's our first week online.
thank you very much!this really helped me in my debate about the industrial revolution
Thank you so much for being a blessing to all stressed teens that need answers and explanations for exams and quizzes thank you thank you thank you
*sees flower pot and screams in terror* IN THIS WORLD IT'S INDUSTRIALIZE OR BE INDUSTRIALIZED (I know it's not the exact sprite, but it was close enough to make me uncomfortable the entire video)
@llamas_attack
7 жыл бұрын
+Giovanni Garcia I was hoping someone would get the reference, but I guess not enough gamers watch these...
@razberrymist9475
7 жыл бұрын
FLOWEY WILL INDUSTRIALIZE US ALL,L
@llamas_attack
7 жыл бұрын
+Razberry Mist THANK YOU!!!
@carolineh.1925
7 жыл бұрын
mangaZwolf I feel like this is Undertale. I don't know why.
@PiggyGamingTH
7 жыл бұрын
I was gonna comment something about this, but I couldn't think of what to say. Glad someone else did it for me :D
Video: *made 8 years ago* Teachers: *makes you still watch it*
Who else is here to have fun learning about history?