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Britain Leads the Way!!

Why Great Britain? • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ATTo. V 5 heso

Lets Discuss Natural resources Colonial resources Water Sources Great Britain Iron Cotton Established Market

How did it all work? • Skilled work force • Larger workforce • Demand for more goods • • Growing empire Slave trade Increase in capital Growth in Enterprise – – Shipping Mining Railroads factories

Agriculture • Farming methods improve • • • Enclosure • • • Dykes built by the Dutch to make more usable land Crop rotation produced healthier and larger yields Growing turnips returned fertility to the soil Creation of the seed drill enabling seeds to be planted in rows which reduced waste of seeds Consolidating land to increase production. Land was often taken from peasants by lords to increase production. Put into law by legislation in Britain Increased production Profits rose Less workers needed Increase in migration to cities

Technology • Improved Energy sources • First iron bridge by Andrew Darby III in England • Coal – Used to power steam engines – Powered new machines in the industrial market – Allowed production of better iron – James Watt first steam engine

Textiles • Putting Out System • Creation of flying shuttle • Cottage Industry, giving cotton to peasant families to spin into thread at home and then made into cloths at home, completed by Artisans in the town. Production slow • Faster than artisans • Allowed multiple threads to be spun at once • The Spinning Jenny •

Other Inventions • Eli Whitney • http: //www. youtube. co m/watch? v=d. Gugz. G 9 t 7 xg&feature=related • Cotton gin in America to remove seeds from cotton while stretching the cotton

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Transportation • Turnpikes • Private roads built by entrepreneurs who charged for their use • Canals • Built to ship goods to market, transport coal and lumber tolls charged to use the canals • Steam Locomotive • Start of the railroad. Used instead of rivers, path controlled. Rail road travel used for people and merchandise. Shipped cheaply over land rails went where rivers did not • •

Impact § Larger quantities of food and goods produced § Prices fell § Goods more affordable § More demand § Affected society and the economy