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Mapa Mental por jgoodridge, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Why Great Britain Started the Industrial Revolution
- Natural Resources
- Labour
- Enclosure movement
- Population growth on the base of 18th century population explosion
- Better forms of transportation (such as the railway) allowed people to migrate to
cities...by 1850, one-half of the population of England and Wales and one-quarter
- Enclosure movement
- Capital
- The I.R. grew on inself
- Money made in early industries (textile, iron-making,
etc.) was reinvested
- The I.R. grew on inself
- Markets
- US and Canada demanded British products
- The end of the F.Revolution and wars of Napoleon
opened the continent up to British products
- The Latin American wars of independence opened the markets of
Central and South America
- Through its control of India, Britain commanded the markets of Southern Asia
- US and Canada demanded 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
- Commercially minded Parliament
- Few laws to limit what entrepreneurs could do
- Strong navy
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