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The Industrial Revolution. Why did it start in Great Britain?. LABOR RAW MATERIALS ENTREPRENUERS TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ???? NAPOLEON ????. The Cottage Industry. The Cottage Industry. The Domestic Industry or Putting-Out System
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Why did it start in Great Britain? LABOR RAW MATERIALS ENTREPRENUERS TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ???? NAPOLEON ????
The Cottage Industry • The Domestic Industry or Putting-Out System • Entrepreneur provides raw materials and equipment • Rural Worker is paid by how much they produce • Rural Workers were trying to supplement their income after Enclosure Laws
Effects of the Cottage Industry • The Entrepreneur prospered not the Rural Worker • The demand for cloth increased more rapidly than the supply • To meet demand it gave way to the factory system
The Evolution of The Textile Industry
The Flying Shuttle • 1733 – invented by John Kay (Great Britain) • Doubled the output of hand weavers
The Water Frame 1769, Richard Arkwright, Great Britain
The Spinning Jenny 1774 – James Hargreaves, Great Britain
The Spinning Mule 1779, Samuel Crompton, Great Britain
The Power Loom 1785, Edmund Cartwright, Great Britain
The Cotton Gin 1793, Eli Whitney, United States of America
Newcomen Steam Engine 1717, Thomas Newcomen, Great Britain
Watt's Steam Engine 1769, James Watt, Scotland
The Clermont 1807, Robert Fulton, American
Rocket 16mph Manchester to Liverpool 1830, George Stephenson Great Britain
Living Conditions of the Industrial Revolution
The Crystal Palace, 1850 Exhibition Hall - London
Cleanliness is in the Eye of the Beholder 1832 1853 1848 1866