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Painting Harvesting Scene by Pieter Brueghel depicting pre-industrial village life. Farming in the Middle Ages. Disadvantages of traditional farming. Forces of change. Crop rotation of four crops on a manor. Enclosure movement. Crop rotation. Other discoveries.
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Painting Harvesting Scene by Pieter Brueghel depicting pre-industrial village life. • Farming in the Middle Ages • Disadvantages of traditional farming • Forces of change
Crop rotation of four crops on a manor • Enclosure movement • Crop rotation • Other discoveries • Effects of the Agricultural Revolution
Engraving of a cottage industry scene from Ireland in 1783. • Mercantilism and rising demand • Cottage Industry • Capitalism • Effects of the cottage industry
Mule-spinning machines making cotton cloth in an English textile mill in 1834 • Textile industry invented • Rise of the factory • Effects of textile factories in Britain
James Watt’s steam pumping engines at the pit head of an English coal mine in the 1790’s • Need for energy • How the steam engine works • Effect of the steam engine
Men pouring steel ingots (bars) at Copenhagen Denmark in 1885 • Need for iron • Need for coal • Effect of iron and coal
Stephenson’s Rocket winning the Manchester-Liverpool race in 1829. • Need for better transportation • Inventions • Effects of Railroads
Why Britain Led the Industrial Revolution • Geography • Government • Social factors • Colonial empire • Advantages of Industrialization The Triumph of Steam and Electricity; from the Illustrated London News, 1897