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why Great Britain started the Industrial Revolution
- Natural resources
- coal
- iron ore
- coal
- labour
- enclosure movement
- population continued to grow on base of
18th century population explosion
- better transportation (railway)
- allowed people to migrate
to cities
- allowed people to migrate
to cities
- enclosure movement
- Capital ($$)
- I.R. grew on itself
- money made in early industries (textile,
iron making) was reinvested
- I.R. grew on itself
- markets
- end of F.R. and wars of Napoleon opened
continent up to British products
- Latin American wars of independent
opened markets of Central and South
America
- end of F.R. and wars of Napoleon opened
continent up to British products
- transportation
- canals
- railways (1830s -40s were the great age
of railway building
- canals
- entrepreneurship
- strong middle class
- liberal nobles willing to invest in new
ventures
- strong middle class
- government support
- strong navy protect merchant ships
- commercially minded Parliament
- few laws to limit what entrepreneurs do
- strong navy protect merchant ships
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