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Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution. By Wynter Ransom . What led to the Industrial Revolution? . The Agricultural Revolution . Selective breeding of animals. Stronger animals New crops potatoes, corn, turnips . The Domestic System . Men, women and children made clothes in their own home

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Industrial Revolution

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  1. Industrial Revolution By Wynter Ransom

  2. What led to the Industrial Revolution?

  3. The Agricultural Revolution • Selective breeding of animals. Stronger animals • New crops potatoes, corn, turnips

  4. The Domestic System • Men, women and children made clothes in their own home • Most people were farmers

  5. New Economic Conditions • Manufactured increased • Capitalism

  6. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

  7. Reason 1: Abundant Natural Resources and Food • there were using more non-renewable resources( coal, iron) • Had more colonies that supplied more raw materials

  8. Reason 2: Large Labor Supply • Their population was growing • People moved to cities looking for more jobs

  9. Reason 3: Britain’s Favorable Government • Parliament passes laws for people to invest in businesses

  10. Reason 4: Britain’s Prosperous Middle Class • Successful merchants sold product to Britain and throughout the world • Entrepreneurs begin to start corporation, and start up factories

  11. Reason 5: New Inventions + Already Thriving Textile Industry = Faster Production Inventions to Speed Textile Production The flying shuttle:(1733 - John Kay) The water frame:(1769 - Richard Arkwright) Power loom:(1787 - Edmund Cartwright) The cotton gin:(1793 - Eli Whitney)

  12. Definitions : • Textiles: Cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibers often referred to as thread or yarn. • Industry: Is the production of an economic good or service within an economy • Manufacturing: is the production of goods for use or sale using labor and machines, tools, chemical and biological processing, or formulation • Urban: Of, relating to, or located in a city • Rural: An area is a geographic area that is located outside the cities and towns • Capitalism: Is a social political-economic system based on the principle of individual rights. • Entrepreneur: Person who pays a certain price for a product to resell it at an uncertain price, • Labor: Productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. The body of persons engaged in such activity, especially those working for wages

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