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Why Great Britain Started the
Industrial Revolution
- Natural Resources (coal, iron ore, etc...)
- Labour
- Enclosure Movement
- Population continued to
grow on the base of the 18th
Century population
explosion
- Better forms of transportation (such
as the railway) allowed people to
migrate to the cities... by 1850, one-half
of the population of England and
Whales and one-quarter of the
population of France and Germany had
become town-dwellers
- Enclosure Movement
- Capital
- Industrial Revolution grew on itself…
- money made in early industries
(textile, iron-making, etc.) was
reinvested
- Industrial Revolution grew on itself…
- Markets
- the end of the French Revolution and the wars
of Napoleon opened the continent up to British
products
- the Latin American wars of
independence opened the markets of
Central and South America
- the United States and Canada
demanded British products
- through its control of
India, Britain commanded
the markets of southern
Asia
- the end of the French Revolution and the wars
of Napoleon opened the continent up to British
products
- Transportation
- Canals
- railways: 1830s and 1840s were
the great age of railway building
- Canals
- Entrepreneurship
- Strong middle class
- liberal nobles
who were willing
to invest in new
ventures
- Strong middle class
- Government Support
- Strong navy to
protect merchant
ships
- Commercially
minded
parliament
- few laws to limit what
entrepreneurs could do
- Strong navy to
protect merchant
ships
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