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Session 15: Industrial Revolution - Coggle Diagram
Session 15: Industrial Revolution
Definitions
Revolution
change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs that affect a lot of people
Industrial Revolution
from farming to handicraft
dominated by industry and machine manufacturing
Industry
production of goods specially in factories
First Industrial Revolution
UK: 1750s-1830s
Pre-Industrial society
self-sustained and self-efficient
40 years life expectancy
75% lived in rural areas
cottage industries
Economy
limited productivity and division of labour
inspired by Enlightment
agricultural
early proponents of a scientific
2020
global markets
80,6 years life expectancy
home office tendency
Innovations
Seed Drill
1701
mechanical seeder so that it could grow properly and rapidly
Steam Engine
1712
lifting waterout of a mine
British Context
parliamentary monarchy -> entrepreneurial nobility
they made a single market (ships)
competitivity
importing ressources
expansion
naval power
Second Agricultural Revolution
improvements that made a provision of food for other populations
turnips, barley, clover, wheat... (4 year cycles)