Britain Leads the Way

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Britain Leads the Way
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Why England First?
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Resources

• Coal
• Labor

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Technology

• Once demand capital est.

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Economic Conditions

• Capital
• Population up demand goods due to economic
  prosperity

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Political Social

• Stable govt
• Navy
• Religious
• Worldly concerns material achievements

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Ancient Lights. "The Industrial Revolution
(1750-1915). Discovery Education
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Textile Industry
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Ancient Lights. "Living History Living During
the Industrial Revolution. Discovery Education
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Cotton

• Putting Out System
• Peasants spun raw cotton into thread
• Woven into cloth
• Artisans in town finish and dye cloth

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Major Inventions

• Flying Shuttle- John Kay
• Spinning Jenny- James Hargreaves
• Water frame- Richard Arkwright

Flying Shuttle
Water frame
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First Factories

• Machines too big for home
• Shed by streams
• Workers go to factories

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Transportation
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Ancient Lights. "The Industrial Revolution
(1750-1915). Discovery Education
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• Turnpikes- fee roads
• Canals
• Bridges

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Land

• George Stephenson
• Steam locomotive
• Dont need stay by river
• Goods over land
• Worlds first major rail line
• Liverpool to Manchester

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People became more interested in politics this
led to the growth of political parties
Fish Chips
First Class Mail
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Economic Changes
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How did railways create more jobs?
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Social Changes
GMT?
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Cultural Changes
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Environmental Changes
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Sea

• Robert Fulton
• Steam engine
• Clermont up Hudson River
• FAST!!!!--- 5mph
• Steam freighters w/iron hull
• 10-20x cargo of wooden ships

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UKs Industrialization