Late 18 c French Economic Advantages V Napoleonic
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Late 18 c: French Economic Advantages V Napoleonic Code. V French communal law. Free contracts ) Open markets ) Uniform & clear commercial regulations ) Standards weights & measures. Established technical schools. The government encouraged & honored inventors & inventions. V Bank of France European model providing a reliable currency. V V V
French Economic Disadvantages V Years of war ) ) ) Supported the American Revolution. French Revolution. Early 19 c Napoleonic Wars V Heavy debts. V High unemployment soldiers returning from the battlefronts. V French businessmen were afraid to take risks.
That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The Enclosure Movement
“Enclosed” Lands Today
Metals, Woolens, & Canals
Factors of Production in Britain • • • Labor – Former villagers moving to cities searching for work because of Agricultural Revolution Capital – Wealth because of relative political stability and healthy economy Land – Britain had rivers for water power and transportation – Abundance of coal – Harbors for ships to set sail
Early Canals Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure
Richard Arkwright: “Pioneer of the Factory System” The “Water Frame”
Factory Production ) Concentrates production in one place [materials, labor]. ) Located near sources of power [rather than labor or markets]. ) Requires a lot of capital investment [factory, machines, etc. ] more than skilled labor. ) Only 10% of English industry in 1850.
Textile Factory Workers in England 1813 2400 looms 150, 000 workers 1833 85, 000 looms 200, 000 workers 1850 224, 000 looms >1 million workers
The Factory System × Rigid schedule. × 12 -14 hour day. × Dangerous conditions. × Mind-numbing monotony.
Textile Factory Workers in England
British Coin Portraying a Factory, 1812
Young “Bobbin-Doffers”
Jacquard’s Loom
Mine & Forge [1840 -1880] ù More powerful than water is coal. ù More powerful than wood is iron. ù Innovations make steel feasible. § “Puddling” [1820] – “pig iron. ” § “Hot blast” [1829] – cheaper, purer steel. § Bessemer process [1856] – strong, flexible steel.
Coalfields & Industrial Areas
Coal Mining in Britain: 1800 -1914 1800 1 million tons of coal 50, 000 miners 1850 30 million tons 200, 000 miners 1860 75 million tons 500, 000 miners 1915 300 million tons 1, 200, 000 miners
Young Coal Miners
Child Labor in the Mines Child “hurriers”
British Pig Iron Production
John Kay’s “Flying Shuttle”
The Power Loom https: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/common s/4/49/QSMM_Two_Lancashire_looms. ogv
James Watt’s Steam Engine
Steam Tractor
Steam Ship
An Early Steam Locomotive
Later Locomotives
The Impact of the Railroad
“The Great Land Serpent”
Crystal Palace Exhibition: 1851 Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.
Crystal Palace: Interior Exhibits
Crystal Palace: British Ingenuity on Display
Crystal Palace: American Pavilion
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