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Cause and effects of the industrial revolution - Coggle Diagram
Cause and effects of the industrial revolution
Agricultural improvements in Britain
Improved livestock breeding that led to amplified food production.
This increase contributed to unprecedented population growth and new agricultural practices, thus also improving rural-to-urban migration
One of the most important innovations of the British Agricultural Revolution was the development of the Norfolk four-course rotation, which greatly increased crop and livestock yields by improving soil fertility and reducing fallow.
Britain's industrial advantages
Britain was united and had centralized power
Had natural raw materials in the area (coal)
Wasn’t a part of mainland Europe where countries were spending a lot of their money on weaponry and artillery
Legal protection of private property
owner of property takes possession of anything produced within that property
cotton plantations
crop rotation farming
People could spend their money on the revolution with more certainty of security
population increased in the cities containing manufacturing companies, increasing labor for production
Growth of Technology
Interchangeable parts: Eli Whitney invented a system of interchangeable parts for manufacturing firearms for the US military. If a component of a machine were to break, it would be easier to fix the component rather than the whole machine.
The water frame also reduced the time to spin yarn and weave cloth. Was invented by Richard Arkwright, who was the father of the factor system. The water frame was used to use waterpower to move the spinning wheels.
The Spinning Jenny reduced the time to spin yarn and weave cloth. This was invented by James Hargreaves. It allowed a weaver to spin more than one thread a time.
This new invention led to the division of labor. Skilled labors weren't relied on anymore to craft every component of a machine. Instead, each worker could focus on one task to complete, this is known as specialization of labor
Columbian Exchange
Population boom in Europe
The introduction of new more caloric foods like the potatoes led the Europeans to have a population boom. More food means more people.
More people enabled more work to be done agriculturally and industrially. There were more people that could work and produce products in the agricultural and industrial industries.
Cities had to be made to sustain such a population boom, which provided musty, small spaces of shelter. Britain became polluted with its overpopulated cities. All these are major trends and negatives of the industrial revolution.
Introduction of new crops
The introduction of new crops led to a more diverse diet of the Europeans. They also had more crops (the ones that came from the Americas) to grow back in Europe. They improved agriculturally to/with the newly introduced crops.
More dense foods were introduced; potatoes.
Slavery
When America had their industrial revolution, slaves were handling crop labor and using the new technologies like the cotton gin and seed drill.
Not in Britain
Technological advances during the Industrial Revolution change Great Britain by diminishing the cottage industry. It also affected agricultural produce because people working on the land were lured to migrate to cities and work in factories.
