Industrial Revolution By : Ashanti Whitehurst

What factors led to the Industrial Revolution ?

The Agricultural Revolution The lifestyle of farming and new crops

for example corn , turnips and potatoes .

Selective breeding of animals

The Domestic System The system of making things in your

home . For example farming and making cloth and clothes .

They used spinning , weaving and dying to make cloth .

New Economic Conditions Capitalism The increase of trade , the demand

manufactured products Prices are lower after sale of products

are down .

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain ?

Reason 1 Abundant Natural Resources And Food

Great Britain has a good amount of natural resources .

Such as coal , water , and iron along with a raw materials like cotton .

Reason 2 Large Labor Supply

Growth in population increases Agricultural Revolution caused of

people to move to cities to look for jobs .

Reason 3 Britain’s Favorable Government

Laws were passed by Parliament to promote investment in businesses .

Reason 4 Britain's Prosperous Middle Class

Entrepreneurs start investing , they opened factories and started corporations

Merchants sell products throughout Britain and other place around the world .

Reason #5New Inventions & Already Thriving Textile Industry = Faster Production

The Production Of Major Inventions to Speed Textile

For Example … Spinning Jenny Invented By James Hargreaves In 1764 The Power Loom Invented By Edmund Cartwright In 1787 The Cotton Gin Invented By Eli Whitley In 1793 Factory System Machines , Workers , and Overseers make more efficient

production Division of Labor

Definitions Textiles - any cloth or goods produced by

weaving, knitting, or felting. Industry - systematic work or labor. Manufacturing -the making of goods or wares by

manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale .

Urban - of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town.

Rural - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people .

Capitalism - an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

Entrepreneur - a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

Labor - productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.