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The Industrial Revolution- : Britain 1760-1830 - Coggle Diagram
The Industrial Revolution- : Britain 1760-1830
Why in England?
Existing conditions
Economic
Agriculture and breeding
Investment
Increased demand for goods
social
raising of living standards
population growth
unemployed agricultural workers
geographical
absence of phisical barriers
system of internal waterways
many coalfields and forests
Technological (innovations)
steam engine
spinning jenny
power loom
Political
peace and stability
Empire and wealth from colonies
Consequences
economic
mass production
flourishing of industries
low wages
growth of banking system
social
urbanisation
overcrowded, dirty towns
harsh working conditions
unemployement
cheap female and children labour
establishment of a mercantile and professional class
technological
expansion of railways system
creation of efficient manifacturing factories
geographical
new towns (especially in the Midlands and the North)
new artificial channels
pollution
political
new laws to improve working conditions
social reforms
Definition:
(expression used by the English historian Arnold Toynbee to indicate) the changes that took place in Britain and transformed the country from an agrarian to an industrialized nation