The Industrial Revolution (18-19th Century)
Aug 9, 2023
The Industrial Revolution (18-19th Century)
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0.23 -> Industrial Revolution 18th to 19th
3.06 -> century the economic developments of the
7.529 -> 1800s saw the developments of agrarian
10.17 -> and handicraft economies in Europe and
12.54 -> America transform into industrial
14.519 -> urbanized ones the term to describe this
17.4 -> phenomenon would be known as the
19.26 -> Industrial Revolution and was first used
21.689 -> by French writers but made popular by
23.82 -> English economic historian Arnold
26.07 -> Toynbee the Industrial Revolution was
28.71 -> underpinned by the Agricultural
30.48 -> Revolution from the mid 18th century to
33.48 -> the mid 19th century
34.89 -> agricultural production increased
36.899 -> significantly the huge increase in food
40.59 -> output supported the expansion and
42.989 -> sustained a large population and boosted
45.51 -> trade the increased use of machines over
48.329 -> human or animal power in farming also
50.489 -> meant that less farm workers were needed
52.949 -> and they could leave the land to
54.629 -> industrial towns better metals and
57.059 -> richer fuel also contributed to
59.07 -> industrialization by creating the steam
61.829 -> engine an integral machine to
63.899 -> industrialization which powered
65.7 -> factories locomotives and ships the new
69.03 -> steam engines used coal and iron both in
71.43 -> their construction and as fuel treating
73.92 -> demand for these resources roads canals
76.259 -> and railways changed Britain
77.79 -> dramatically connecting Britain and
79.83 -> allowing goods to be sent over long
81.54 -> distances visually the revolution was
84.45 -> clear in the new industrial towns with
86.64 -> smoking factories dominating the skyline
89.189 -> the cities were horrible to live in
91.619 -> overcrowded and dirty with dangerous
93.63 -> conditions in the factories and strict
95.61 -> rules and punishments the Industrial
97.74 -> Revolution saw mechanization in
99.42 -> factories of the textile industry which
101.64 -> was previously manufactured in the home
103.409 -> creating the term cottage industry now
106.079 -> production could be increased on a large
108.45 -> scale because of new inventions such as
110.909 -> the spinning mule and the power loom the
113.549 -> iron industry developed with Henry
115.229 -> Bessemer Xin expensive process for mass
117.509 -> producing steel iron and steel were key
120.18 -> materials for constructing the tools and
122.13 -> machinery steam engines and ships needed
124.59 -> for the industrial progress industrial
126.869 -> labor opportunities drew people to the
129 -> cities from the countryside to such an
131.129 -> extent that's in 1750 only
133.59 -> 15% of the population of Britain lived
136.17 -> in towns by 1850 over 50% of the entire
140.67 -> population of Great Britain lived in
142.56 -> either a town or a city and by 1900 it
145.319 -> was 85 percent London had 4.5 million
149.61 -> people Glasgow 760 thousand Liverpool
154.7 -> 685,000 and Manchester and Birmingham
157.519 -> 500,000 Great Britain was the birthplace
160.14 -> of the Industrial Revolution and was the
162.54 -> only mature industrial economy for a
164.4 -> long time
165.15 -> historians have speculated that this was
167.31 -> because as an island there was relative
169.319 -> peace and stability for Britain compared
171.269 -> to mainland Europe rather than spending
173.67 -> on a large defensive standing army
175.41 -> capital could be spent on other ventures
177.42 -> and there was confidence for investors
179.31 -> native resources were also abundant and
182.459 -> readily available for initial
184.29 -> technological developments and
185.879 -> dimensions engineers and inventors were
188.37 -> also respected and encouraged in British
190.829 -> society and were backed by wealthy
192.72 -> patrons a powerful navy and an empire
195.42 -> bringing in vast wealth from its
197.099 -> colonies also contributed to the
198.959 -> catalyst for industrialization before
201.12 -> others nevertheless Germany France
204.359 -> Switzerland Belgium and the United
205.889 -> States soon emulated Britain's
208.41 -> industrial change and by 1900 Britain
211.62 -> would no longer be at the top with the
213.78 -> United States as the world's leading
215.609 -> industrial nation in the 20th century
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