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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

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Transport Revolution

 

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