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- - - - For centuries, farmers did the process of crop rotation, involving leaving the field unused for a period of time to avoid exhausting the soil
      - Until Charles Townshend introduced a method of not leaving the fields unused and the soil in each field was high in minerals and nutrients
- - - - Before the introduction of the factory system, manufacturing often took place in small workshops or in local worker’s cottages
      - In contrast, the factory system brought together large numbers of worker in a single site or factory.
      - Few of these workers were skilled because most of the manufacturing was done by machines
      - Powered at first by waterwheels, then by steam than be electricity
      - Made is possible by a combination of the technology innovations and knowledge that emerged during this period
    - - To smelt iron, it required charcoal, but it was time consuming and required many quantities of wood
      - Until in 1709, when Abraham Darby, an iron producer, made a substance known as coke, which was smokeless and burned much hotter than ordinary coal
  - - - Faster and cheaper mass production of clothing
        
        Played a big role in moving the textiles industries from homes to factories
        
        This invention greatly improved the speed and quality of cloth
        
        Some skilled workers experienced at the old spinning wheel disliked the machine. Due to their fear of the spinning jenny taking their jobs
        
        Could be operated by unskilled workers, like child labour
        
        Could fit into a small cottage
        
        Immediately increased by eight fold the number of workers could produce
        
        Similar to a spinning engine
        
        In 1764, the spinning jenny was invented
        
        Helped increase the supply of yarn
- - - - Britain had a large coal supply, more than any of the other European powers, which was a crucial resource for steam power which powered the industrial revolution
    - - Britain was an island nation, so it depended on experienced fleets or merchants. skilled sailors and a strong navy. one of their largest merchants being the EIC
    - - different from the other European powers, there was a greater measure of individual and intellectual freedom in Britain, allowing a good platform for taking risks and trying new methods
    - - before the industrial revolution, compared to other European powers Britain faced a long period of time without much social conflict which gave Britain a sense of stability which encouraged growth of business
    - - increased trade led to financial services in England expanded to support and protect that trade. meaning that money was available to start up new businesses and pay for experiments to develop new inventions