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THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
economic change
the end of the 18th century
. England was transformed
from an agricultural to an industrial nation
the origins can be traced back to the
Black Death and the rise in living standards that followed it.
the population increased, the agriculture was intensified (
cereal production
: more meat producede)
open fields were enclosed into smaller portions
people began acquiring more goods for the house
the
clothing of ordinary people changed
and it marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
mass consumption of machine-made goods started
cotton
was the leading sector of industrialisation
more and more peple began to consume things for pleasure
technological innovation
Thomas Newcomen
invented an effective and prartical
steam engine
in 1712 which made pumping water out of coal mines possible
James Hargreaves
's
Spinning Jenny
increased spinning efficency
Watt
patented a steam engine that was more powerful and wasted less fuel
Edmund Cartwright
's
loom/telaio
linked cloth manufacture to water and steam power
cheaper products
and energy generated from
coal
the workers' life
industrial cities lacked of elementary public services
: the air n water were polluted by smoke and filfth
the houses were overcrowded
food prices rose
: diet and health deteriorated
increase in the mortality rate
women n children
(highly prizede) were paid less and more controlled
long working hours determineted by the machine
rational division of work
new industrial activity near coalfields of the Midlands and the North
peop0le shifted from the rural south to these lands and small towns were constructed near the factories.
mushroom towns