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    The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 18th century and later spread throughout Europe. It transformed economies and societies from a mainly agrarian to one based on manufacturing. Key factors that contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain included the Agricultural Revolution which increased crop yields, the supply of raw materials from British colonies, a growing population providing laborers, capitalism and entrepreneurs pursuing profits, and Britain's natural resources like coal and iron.

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    The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 18th century and later spread throughout Europe. It transformed economies and societies from a mainly agrarian to one based on manufacturing. Key factors that contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain included the Agricultural Revolution which increased crop yields, the supply of raw materials from British colonies, a growing population providing laborers, capitalism and entrepreneurs pursuing profits, and Britain's natural resources like coal and iron.

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    The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 18th century and later spread throughout Europe. It transformed economies and societies from a mainly agrarian to one based on manufacturing. Key factors that contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain included the Agricultural Revolution which increased crop yields, the supply of raw materials from British colonies, a growing population providing laborers, capitalism and entrepreneurs pursuing profits, and Britain's natural resources like coal and iron.

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    But First - What IS the Industrial

    Revolution?
    Causes: Industrial ➔ The Process of
    mechanizing

    Revolution manufacturing
    ➔ Starts in:
    World Civ - 2018 ◆ Late 18th century
    ◆ Great Britain

    But First - What IS the Industrial Causes of the Industrial Revolution


    Revolution? ➔ Spreads to the European Matrix Directions: in each box on
    Continent after the Fall
    the Matrix, use your
    of Napoleon
    textbook (page 582) to
    ➔ Changed:
    summarize each cause or
    ◆ The Economy
    ◆ Social Structure contributing factor of the
    ◆ Demographic Patterns Industrial Revolution.
    ◆ The Way People Lived

    Causes of the Industrial Revolution Cause 1: The Agricultural Revolution


    Matrix Now - check your answers Nitrogen Replenishing
    against the information in Crops: allowed farmers to
    this PowerPoint - Make sure use land more effectively
    you have plenty of details for year after year.
    each cause.
    Cause 1: The Agricultural Revolution Cause 1: The Agricultural Revolution
    Selective Breeding: Breeding New Technology: seed drill,
    animals for certain swamp draining, etc.
    characteristics that are
    desirable.

    Cause 1: The Agricultural Revolution Cause 2: The Supply of Markets


    Enclosure: legal process Britain had a growing
    enclosing a number of small empire ( they controlled
    landholdings to create one shipping in the Americas,
    larger farm, restricted to the India, and Egypt at this
    owner. Allowed farmers to time), which opened up
    limit breeding & grazing. many markets to sell
    manufactured goods.

    Cause 2: The Supply of Markets Cause 3: The Cottage Industry


    The colonies supplied an Farm families would get paid
    abundance of raw materials by capitalists to spin raw
    and cash crops (like sugar wool and cotton into thread
    and tobacco) that fueled the and then weave them into
    factories in Britain. cloth. Many families began
    to depend of wage labor to
    make ends meet.
    Cause 4: Capitalism & Entrepreneurs Cause 4: Capitalism & Entrepreneurs
    Adam Smith's book The This popularized the belief
    Wealth of Nations, argued that the economy would
    that the government should benefit from competition,
    stay out of the way and let that those willing to take a
    individuals make economic risk (entrepreneurs) would
    choices (laissez faire) reap the benefits ($$$$$$).

    Cause 5: Population Boom Cause 5: Population Boom


    New farming techniques & New technology in sanitation
    crops contributed to a & medicine led to a drop in
    population explosion during the mortality rate across
    the 18th century. most of Europe.

    Cause 5: Population Boom Cause 6: Natural Resources


    Growth in population led to Great Britain had a high
    an increase in labor supply availability of natural
    and lower wages. resources necessary to fuel
    an industrial revolution.
    Cause 6: Natural Resources Crash Course: Industrial Rev.
    Coal and Iron were easy to Watch the video and answer
    get to and plentiful - The the questions.
    geography of the Isles
    allowed for easy
    transportation over
    waterways.

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