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Why Great Britain Started the Industrial Revolution
- Natural Resources
- 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 (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
- 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
- Enclosure Movement
- Captial
- IR grew on itself
- money made in early industries
(textile, iron-making, etc.) -
reinvested
- IR grew on itself
- Markets
- end of French Revolution and wars of
Napoleon opened continent up to
British products
- Latin American wars of independence
opened markets of Central and South
America
- US and Canada demanded British products
- through its control of India,
Britain commanded markets of
southern Asia
- end of French Revolution and wars of
Napoleon opened continent up to
British products
- Transportation
- canals
- railways
- 1830s-1840s were the great age of
railway building
- 1830s-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 Parilament
- few laws to limit what
entrepreneurs could do
- strong navy to protect
merchant ships
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