Causes |
Effects |
Technology:
Technology caused the Industrial Revolution because Britain already had technology from the Agricultural Revolution, which made the process of new inventions possible. Examples of inventions are steamboat, seed drill, rail roads, water wheel, and flying shuttle. Agricultural Revolution: Technology reduced the number of farmers needed on the farms and sense they weren't needed they moved to the cities to find different work. The only work they could get was in factories. Factors of Production: Britain had land, labor, and capital, which made them have the ability to start a revolution. Britain also had natural resources, such as coal, to help the production of trains. Natural Resources: Natural resources were needed to make inventions like the spinning jenny, water frame, and steam engine. Britain had a lot of resources for this such as, coal, rivers, iron ore, wood, and harbors. Economy: Helped the production of products and food. Banks: Banks lend people money to invest in new ideas, and motivated people to make machines to get investments. Also with the machines, their were more jobs available. Banks also lend money to landowners to buy more land, which created the system of landowners buying farm land and farmers moving to the city for work. Capitalism: Try to make profit from investment. Then could create new inventions. Production Methods: Many different production methods were made that improved the Industrial Revolution. Some of these methods were the seed drill, the ass(embly) line, and the spinning jenny. |
Increased population:
Rich land owners bought farmland causing all small farmers to move to the cities, because they're was no where else to go, and worked in factories. This made production quicker and better. Less farmers: All the farmers moved to the cities, due to rich landowners buying their land. Hard Working Conditions: The government wanted to increase production, so to do that, they needed people to work long hours and to save money they didn't worry about low wages and the place and equipment they worked with. For example, crowded, long hours, child labor, low wages, dangerous working conditions and places an equipment they worked with. Railroads: Increased trade and made travel more efficiently to more places. Reforms: Had to make changes to the city to accommodate everyone and fit everyone in the city. Urbanization: Cities grew due to the amount of people who were bought out of their land, and with new ways of transportation they could travel to different cities. Communism: Karl Marx noticed what happened and wanted to make changes to the lives of the poor to make them equal with the rich. Quicker processes: New machines created new methods to make the process of making products faster. Increased trade: Improved transportation allowed people to travel to different cities and trade more. |