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Why Great Britain Started the Industrial Revolution
- Labour
- Enclosure mvt.
- Pop grew on base
of 18th cent. pop
explosion
- Better forms of
transportation,
allowed ppl to
migrate cities.
- By 1850, 1/2 of pop of
England & Whales and
1/4 of pop of France &
Germany became
town-dwellers
- By 1850, 1/2 of pop of
England & Whales and
1/4 of pop of France &
Germany became
town-dwellers
- Enclosure mvt.
- Capital
- IR grew on itself
- $$ made in early
industries=reinvested
(eg. textile,
iron-making)
- IR grew on itself
- Markets
- The end of FR
and wars of
Napoleon
opened
continent to
British
products
- Latin American wars of
independence opened
markets of Central and
South AMerica
- US and Canada
demand for
British products
- Through control
of India, Britiain
command
markets of
southern Asia
- The end of FR
and wars of
Napoleon
opened
continent to
British
products
- Transportation
- Canals
- Railways: 1830's
and 40's=age of
railway building
- Canals
- Entrepreneurship
- Strong
middle class
- Liberal nobles
willing to invest
in new ideas
- Strong
middle class
- Government Support
- Strong
navy=protects
merchant ships
- Commercially
minded
parliament
- Few laws limit
entrepreneurs'
actions
- Strong
navy=protects
merchant ships
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