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The industrial revolution and the class-based society - Coggle Diagram
The industrial revolution and the class-based society
EUROPE
Prussia
helped German unification
ZOLLVEREIN
key elements
extensive railway network
naval industry
mineral resources (COAL)
United States (1840)
trade links with Great Britain
agricultural techniques / raw materials
France
French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars slowed the process
mid-19th century = growth
SPAIN (19TH C.)
slow process
insufficient domestic capital
poor quality of coal
limited domestic demand
important industries
iron/steel industry
cotton industry
the beginning of the industrial revolution
CAUSES
Agricultural Revolution
Increased trade
Population growth
Technological advances
KEY ELEMENTS
Iron and steel industry
coal :star2:
Bessemer converter
uses
transport :car:
industry
agriculture :bread:
construction :house_buildings:
The Transport Revolution
waterways and roads :star: :check:
inventions
steamship (1807)
public railway (1825)
steam locomotive (1804)
Textile industry
spinning machine / mechanical weaving loom
lower prices
factory
division of labour
technologcal advances led to economic changes
Agriculture :red_cross: important
Industrial Capitalism emerged
Great Britain 1750
CONSEQUENCES
agricultural improvements enabled population growth and industrial developments
Increased trade encouraged industrial development
Agriculture and industry developed :recycle:
Mechanisation