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Why Great Britain Started the Industial Revolution
- Natural Resouces
- coal, iron ore, etc.
- coal, iron ore, etc.
- Labour
- Enclosure Movement
- Population continued to grow on the
base of the 18th-century population
explosion
- Better Forms of transportation
- eg. Railway
- 1830s and 1840s were the great
age of railway building
- 1830s and 1840s were the great
age of railway building
- This allowed people to migrate to the cities
- by 1850, one-half of the population of
England and Whales and one-quarter of the
population of France and Germany had
become town-dwellers
- by 1850, one-half of the population of
England and Whales and one-quarter of the
population of France and Germany had
become town-dwellers
- Canals
- eg. Railway
- Enclosure Movement
- Capital
- Industrial Revolution grew on itself…
- money made in early industries (textile,
iron-making, etc.) was reinvested
- Industrial Revolution grew on itself…
- Markets
- 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 Asia
- the end of the French Revolution and the
wars of Napoleon opened the continent up to
British products
- Transportation
- Canals
- railways: 1830s and 1840s were the great age of
railway building
- Canals
- Entrepreneurship
- strong middle class
- liberal nobles who were willing to
invest in new ventures
- strong middle class
- Government Support
- strong navy to protect merchant ships
- commercially minded Parliament
- few laws to limit what entrepreneurs could do
- strong navy to protect merchant ships
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