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Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution - Coggle Diagram
Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Columbian Exchange
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE AND RISE OF MARITIME TRADING LED TO THE INCREASE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AS MORE PRODUCTS AND NEW IDEAS WERE BEING IMPORTED FOR AGRICULTURE.
Led to agricultural evolution
Right before the industrial revolution, there was an agricultural revolution that resulted in increased agricultural productivity. As agricultural improvements occurred before the industrial revolution, there were demographic changes, as the population increased due to the increase of food, therefore more people were available to work in factories, which led to the industrial revolution.
EXAMPLES OF AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENTS:
Seed drill: allowed farmers to place seeds in the ground at the exact location and depth.
Cotton gin: It took hours for manual labor to remove the seeds and make them into cotton, Eli developed a machine that was able to separate the fibers from the seeds much more efficiently and faster
Crop rotation: New method of planting to make the soil much more productive.
American potato: contributed in people's diet
Britain's Industrial Advantages
Britain had many advantages such as Britain having mineral resources. This means that they had a lot of natural resources, especially coal. This aided the invention of the steam engine and therefore transportation.
Britain also had many river networks perfect for transportation over water.
Britain had strong fleets. This means that their naval technology was incredibley advanced at the time and therefore made it more convenient to import and export items over sea routes.
Britain uniquely had protection of private property. This means entrepreneurs were guaranteed that their new businesses would not be taken down.
Industrialization led to many of the less fortunate people move to more urban areas. This is also due to a high growth in population.
Growth of Technology
Eli Whitney is a very common name around the industrial revolution. He has two main iinfluences. Ome of them being the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin made the process of picking the seeds out of cotton plants much more quickly and efficiently. Also, Eli whitney created the idea of interchangable parts. This was originally made for quickly making and replacing parts of guns, but it actually also ended up creating the factory system. This is the system in which many workers did not need the speciifiic skill to create the entire profuct from start to finish, but rather only have the skill to make one small part. This made production quicker as well as more simple (doesn't mean less tiring) than before.
Spinning Jenny: Allowed a weaver to spin more than one thread a time.
Water Frame: The water frame was used to use waterpower to move the spinning wheels.
RESULT FOR THE GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGY: stopped the household textile cottage industry, and moved the cottage industry to factories, to store these large machinery.