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King Cotton

King Cotton. http://www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/mississippi_cotton_large.jpg. Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant. Raw cotton came from. http://www.map-of-usa.co.uk/images/usa-politcal-map.jpg. The U.S.A.

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King Cotton

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  1. King Cotton

  2. http://www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/mississippi_cotton_large.jpghttp://www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/mississippi_cotton_large.jpg Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant.

  3. Raw cotton came from

  4. http://www.map-of-usa.co.uk/images/usa-politcal-map.jpg The U.S.A

  5. http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking%20by%20Country/caribbeanCountrymap.gifhttp://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking%20by%20Country/caribbeanCountrymap.gif The West Indies

  6. http://www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/images/britain-politcal-map.jpghttp://www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/images/britain-politcal-map.jpg to Britain

  7. http://www.serenitypillows.com/media/cotton_plant2.jpg Advantages of cotton • Cotton clothing was lighter and softer to wear than wool. • It could be washed more easily and so was more hygienic.

  8. Prices of cotton • At first, cotton was expensive. • By the late eighteenth century supplies of cotton were increasing. • The price was falling because it was produced by slave labour in the West Indies and the USA. • The availability of this cheap cotton brought great benefits to the British cotton industry.

  9. The Cotton Industry • was the major textile industry in Britain by 1812. • produced great prosperity. • employed thousands of people. • was also a very important export. • was the first to be industrialised.

  10. The Cotton Industry • Lancashire was the centre of the cotton industry. • The cotton trade with the USA made Liverpool Britain’s busiest port. • Britain was the only country that was mass-producing manufactured cotton goods. • They were exported all over the world.

  11. Bibliography • Text adapted from • SMITH, Nigel: The Industrial Revolution, Serie Events and Outcomes, Evans, 2002, pages 10-15. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton • Photos taken from internet: • http://www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/mississippi_cotton_large.jpg • http://www.map-of-usa.co.uk/images/usa-politcal-map.jpg • http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking%20by%20Country/caribbeanCountrymap.gif • http://www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/images/britain-politcal-map.jpg • http://www.serenitypillows.com/media/cotton_plant2.jpg Maria del Roser Pujadas Jubany Llicència C 2006-2007

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