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CAUSES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
CAUSES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS
The passage from a mainly farming country into an industrial one.
Increase in population
This led to a greater demand (expecially of clothes)
More efficient and quicker production was required.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW SOURCES OF POWER
Steam power:
James Watt
patanted one that was more powereful and wasted less fuel than its predecessors.
NEW INVENTIONS
Ex. "spinning jenny" and "water frame"
These machines allowed one worker to produce what had once required a group of people.
BORTH OF THE FACTORY SISTEM
INDUSTRIAL AREA
With the steam engine, the factories were built on the coal and iron fields
Them allowed to manufacture cloth more cheaply than elsewhere, but also put many people out of work
Goods became cheaper
Transport was made more efficient
New waterways were built
Road conditions were improved
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION
Widespread enclosure of open fields
Improvements in selective breeding of cattle and in farming techniques