The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
- Introduction
- Where and when did the Industrial revolution begin?
- What five factors contributed to Britain becoming the starting place?
- Describe the enclosure movement
- Define capital
- Cotton
- What term describes the way people produced wool in their homes?
- What invention helped make thread faster?
- What invention helped made weaving faster?
- Who made significant improvements to the Steam Engine?
- What impact did this cotton production have on India?
- What did the British government encourage their Indian colony to focus on?
- Coal & Iron
- What was the primary fuel of the industrial revolution?
- A new process was used to make iron; how did that impact the quality of iron?
- Railroads
- What were the “ripple effects” of railroad expansion?
- Europe
- Who actively encouraged industrialization in Europe?
- North America
- In the USA, what proportion of workers were farmers…. (today, about 2%)
- In 1800?
- In 1860?
- Who made up a large majority of workers in textile factories?
- From 1750 to 1850, how had European population changed?
- What caused this change?
- Nearly a million people died in Ireland during this time; many others immigrated to the Americas. Why?
- Describe Malthus’ ideas
- Why did his predictions turn out to be incorrect?
- In England, how did the size and number of cities change?
- What new way of making money stood in contrast to the trade-based commercial capitalism that rose out of the Middle Ages?
- What French term was expanded to include people involved in industry and banking?
- What was the range for work hours and work weeks?
- Describe four dangers of working in a coal mine
- What helped to limit the use of child labor in Great Britain?
- How were women paid, compared to men?
- Early Socialism
- Define socialism
- What did Karl Marx think of the works of early socialists?
- What did Robert Owen believe?
- Was his project successful?
