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Mind Map by Rochelle Turnbul, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rochelle Turnbul
almost 9 years ago
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Why Great Britain Started the Industrial Revolution
- 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
- 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
- population continued to grow on the base of
the 18th-century population explosion
- Enclosure Movement.
- Capital
- Industrial Revolution grew on itself…
- money made in early industries
(textile, iron-making, etc.) was
reinvested
- money made in early industries
(textile, iron-making, etc.) was
reinvested
- Industrial Revolution grew on itself…
- Government support
- strong navy to protect merchant ships
- commercially minded Parliament
- few laws to limit what entrepreneurs could do
- few laws to limit what entrepreneurs could do
- commercially minded Parliament
- strong navy to protect merchant ships
- 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
- through its control of India, Britain
commanded the markets of southern Asia
- the United States and Canada demanded British products
- the Latin American wars of independence opened
the markets of Central and South America
- 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
- railways: 1830s and 1840s were the
great age of railway building
- Canals
- Entrepreneurship
- Strong Lower Class
- liberal nobles who were willing to
invest in new ventures
- liberal nobles who were willing to
invest in new ventures
- Strong Lower Class
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