The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution (18th – 19th Century)
Circa. 1700 – 1850
Introduction:
The Industrial Revolution began around the beginning of the 18th Century (1700’s) in Britain and eventually spread throughout the world. The immediate catalyst for this wide-ranging change in social & economic characteristics was a Population Explosion. The Industrial Revolution can be described in three stages:
Stage 1:
Population Explosion >> Surplus Population Moves to Urban Centres (Urbanisation) =
Demand for Increased Agricultural Production (Agricultural Innovation) (4-Field System, Selective Breeding & Farm Machinery)
Stage 2:
Surplus Cheap Labour Force in Urban Centres + Trade & Raw Materials from colonies & overseas >> Increased demand for Goods =
Mass Production (Factory System)
Stage 3:
Mass Industrialisation & Urbanised Population >> Increase in Transportation Innovation (Better roads, canals & Railways)
Demographic & Socio-Economic Shifts:
Dwelling: Rural Population >> Urban Population
Production: Domestic System >> Factory System
Innovation: Medieval >> Modern
Agriculture: 3-Field System >> 4-Field System
Labour: Agricultural Serfdom >> Labourers & Working-Class
Transport: Manual Locomotion >> Mechanised Locomotion
Industrial Revolution Images of Change
PowerPoint Presentation: The Agricultural & Industrial Revolutions
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Transport Revolution
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