Essay Planning

Analysing the Question

To what extent was the Industrial Revolution in Britain a result of a culture of innovation?

TWE – I have to make a judgement about how important it was in causing the IR

Scope – I need to keep the focus on the early stages of the IR in Britain

Topic – I will be writing about what factors resulted in the IR

Topic – I will have a particular focus in my essay on the idea that a culture on innovation caused the IR; I don’t have to say it was the 100% cause

ATQ – I will need to have a clear judgement that to a limited/moderate/large extent the IR was the result primarily of a culture of innovation/of a culture of innovation and other factors/mostly of other factors

Brainstorm

Factors that

caused the IR in

Britain

Culture of Innovation

Prizes Royal Society

Resources

Coal

Iron

Waterways

ColoniesRaw

materials

Markets for goods

Political liberalism

Rise of middle class

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Pro-Capitalist

Agricultural Revolution

Increased population

Available labour force

Graphing the factors

Agricultural Rev Culture of Innovation Political liberalism Colonies Resources0

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Graphing the factors

Agricultural Rev Culture of Innovation Political liberalism Colonies Resources

Controlling Ideas• Historians debate intensely over what factors caused the Industrial

Revolution.• The Industrial Revolution was caused by the availability of natural

resources, a culture of innovation and political liberalism in Britain.• The Industrial Revolution was the result of a culture of innovation, made

possible by the liberal political climate and particular resource situation of Britain.• To a great extent the Industrial Revolution was the result of a culture of

innovation, which flourished due to the liberal political environment and abundance of key resources including iron, coal and waterways in Britain.