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Title: King Cotton


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King Cotton
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  • Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the
    seeds of the cotton plant.

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Raw cotton came from
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The U.S.A
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The West Indies
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  • to
  • Britain

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Advantages of cotton
  • Cotton clothing was lighter and softer to wear
    than wool.
  • It could be washed more easily and so was more
    hygienic.

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Prices of cotton
  • At first, cotton was expensive.
  • By the late eighteenth century supplies of cotton
    were increasing.
  • The price was falling because it was produced by
    slave labour in the West Indies and the USA.
  • The availability of this cheap cotton brought
    great benefits to the British cotton industry.

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The Cotton Industry
  • was the major textile industry in Britain by
    1812.
  • produced great prosperity.
  • employed thousands of people.
  • was also a very important export.
  • was the first to be industrialised.

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The Cotton Industry
  • Lancashire was the centre of the cotton industry.
  • The cotton trade with the USA made Liverpool
    Britains busiest port.
  • Britain was the only country that was
    mass-producing manufactured cotton goods.
  • They were exported all over the world.

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Bibliography
  • Text adapted from
  • SMITH, Nigel The Industrial Revolution, Serie
    Events and Outcomes, Evans, 2002, pages 10-15.
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton
  • Photos taken from internet
  • http//www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/mississippi_c
    otton_large.jpg
  • http//www.map-of-usa.co.uk/images/usa-politcal-ma
    p.jpg
  • http//www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking20by20Country
    /caribbeanCountrymap.gif
  • http//www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/images/britain-po
    litcal-map.jpg
  • http//www.serenitypillows.com/media/cotton_plant2
    .jpg

Maria del Roser Pujadas Jubany
Llicència C 2006-2007
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