Why Great Britain Started the Industrial Revoluton
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 and
one-quarter of the population
of France and Germany had
become town-dwellers
Natural Resourses
Coal, iron ore,etc
Capital
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
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