Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Why Great Britian Started the
Industrial Revolution
- Natural Resources
- (Coal, iron, ore, etc.)
- Labour
- Enclosure Movement
- Population continued to grow on the base of
the 18th century population explosion
- Better forms of transportation (such as the
railway) allowed people to migrate to the cities...
By 1850, one-half of the population of England
and Whales amd one-quarter of the population of
France and Germany had become town dwellers
- Capital
- Industrial Revolution
grew on itself...
- Money made in early industries
(textile, iron-making, etc.) was
reinvested
- Markets
- In the end of the French Revolution and
the wars of Napoleon opened the
continent up to British products
- The Latin American wars of independence
opened the markets of Central and South
America
- The United States and
Canada demanded British
Products
- Through its control of India, Britain
commanded the markets of southern Asih
- Transportation
- Canals
- Railways: 1830s and 1840s were
the great age of railway building
- Entrepreneurship
- Strong middle class
- Liberal nobles who were willing to
invest in new ventures
- Government Support
- Strong navy to protect
merchant ships
- Commercially
minded Parliament
- Few laws to limit what
entrepreneurs could do