The industrial revolution and the class-based society
EUROPE
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the beginning of the industrial revolution
CAUSES
KEY ELEMENTS
technologcal advances led to economic changes
CONSEQUENCES
Agriculture ❌ important
Industrial Capitalism emerged
Great Britain 1750
Agricultural Revolution
Increased trade
Population growth
Technological advances
agricultural improvements enabled population growth and industrial developments
Increased trade encouraged industrial development
Agriculture and industry developed ♻
Mechanisation
Iron and steel industry
The Transport Revolution
Textile industry
spinning machine / mechanical weaving loom
lower prices
factory
division of labour
coal 🌟
Bessemer converter
uses
transport 🚗
industry
agriculture 🍞
construction 🏘
waterways and roads ⭐ ✅
inventions
steamship (1807)
public railway (1825)
steam locomotive (1804)
Prussia
United States (1840)
France
SPAIN (19TH C.)
French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars slowed the process
mid-19th century = growth
helped German unification
ZOLLVEREIN
key elements
extensive railway network
naval industry
mineral resources (COAL)
trade links with Great Britain
agricultural techniques / raw materials
slow process
insufficient domestic capital
poor quality of coal
limited domestic demand
important industries
iron/steel industry
cotton industry
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