Causes of the Industrial Revolution

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Mind Map on Causes of the Industrial Revolution, created by Lachie Robertson on 11/26/2013.
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Causes of the Industrial Revolution
  1. The Agrarian Revolution was a huge cause of the Industrial Revolution because this produced food from the crops, wool leather and meat from animals and other necessary materials for everyone in the factories and homes.
    1. Men and women always had a job to do no matter what weather. If it was snowing, storming, raining or windy they would be creating new tools or sewing. If the weather was sunny then they would be out farming or tending to the animals
      1. Wool which was produced from the farmers sheep was either used in Great Britain or it was sold to countries around the globe
      2. England had Geographical luck! They had everything they needed. The right minerals, pure clean water, lots of land and lots and lots of wood
        1. England had a huge amount of coal which was used for steam engines and furnaces
          1. Iron helped build train tracks, trains, buildings, furniture, bikes and elevators
            1. Wood was used for almost everything even through the Industrial Revolution. They used it for buildings, train tracks, tools and furniture
            2. England had their own currency meaning they only had to make money for their country.
              1. Having lots of money means your able to afford good quality things such as tools and building materials.
                1. England had lots of money to buy from other countries but also to buy from others inside the country
                2. Britain had lots of people they had people very knowledgeable, people which were creative and people which were strong.
                  1. Being creative mean to can thing up new inventions and ideas this is the peak of creativity when there were one 150 inventions in 150 years. Theses inventions were so helpful that we have either upgraded them to a better standard or use them a lot
                    1. Brains full of knowledge thought up of better and faster ways of doing things. For example, instead of having a room full of people sewing someone created a sewing machine.
                      1. Having many strong people means your able to carry heavy things with out machines. having strong men means they carry railway pieces or wood or metal or furniture.
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