The Industrial Revolution Why Britain? Why then?.
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The Industrial Revolution
Why Britain?
Why then?
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Causes:1. Expanding Atlantic economy and British Empire
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2. Favorable Natural Conditions
Coal
Iron
Waterways
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3. Agricultural Revolution, 1700-1800
Jethro Tull, 1674-1741
First Modern Farmer
Invented seed drill
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Seed Drill
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Agricultural Rev. (cont.)
Enclosures
Crop rotation system
Improvement became the goal
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Agricultural Rev. (cont.)
Led to:More efficient food production
Cheaper foodMore disposable income
Less workers needed in rural areas
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4. Political conditions
Constitutional Monarchy
Relative Stability
Economic growth
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5. Legal conditions
No internal tarrifsPatent law encouraged
invention
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6. Financial Conditions
Effective central bank(1694)
Well-develop credit markets
Plenty of capital
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7. Proto-industry
Putting-out system or cottage industry
Division of labor
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8. Major technological advances
Cotton is king!
1760s - James Hargreaves invented Spinning Jenny
1760s - Richard Arkwright invented Water Frame
1779 - Samuel Crompton invented the Spinning Mule
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8. Major technological advances
1770s: Arkwright also developed the Factory System:
One roof
Central source of power
Division of Labor
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8. Major technological advances (cont.)
Steam Power:
1698: Thomas Savery invented a steam engine
1712: Thomas Newcomen invented a steam engine
1765: James Watt greatly improved Newcomen engine
1820s: Railroads: George Stephenson’s Rocket