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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (WHAT HAPPENED IN THE REST OF THE WORLD (Britain…
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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GROWTH IN FOREIGN TRADE #
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DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPORT #
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Steam engine and spread of railways; linked most parts of Britain; more coal needed to be mined; improved transportation methods; new opportunities (jobs)
NEW TECHNOLOGIES/GROWTH IN FACTORIES #
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Large spinning machines were invented. They manufactured more cloth, quicker than smaller places could
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WHY IN BRITAIN?
As population increased, more food was needed
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All these advances needed financial investment and had to occur on larger farms. Most farms were open fields used by many different small-scale farmers
BUT landlords started to enclose their fields, preventing tenant farmers from accessing grazing for their animals
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