1. The Industrial Revolution 1750s – 1914 By: Stephen Hong

2. What factors led to the industrial revolution

3. Factor 1 “The Agricultural Revolution” They had new crops from the new world. New farming methods called Enclosure and New Technologies and knowledge to improve yields.

4. Factor 2 “The Domestic System”/Cottage Industry Small Scale Industry. Many cloths were made out of wool. Many men women and children had the skill to spinning, weaving, dying.

5. Factor 3 New Economic Conditions Had a high demand for manufactured products. New Theory – Capitalism

6. Industrial Revolution Begins in Great Britain by the 1780s

7. Reason 1 Abundant Natural Resources and Food Because of the Agricultural Revolution we have more food. A lots more water ways, coal and iron. Britain supplied lots of additional raw materials.

8. Reason 2 Large Labor Supply Faster population growth. Lots of people to move to the cities looking for jobs because the of Agricultural Revolution.

9. Reason 3 Britain’s Favorable Government Parliament makes a new law that helps investment in businesses.

10. Reason 4 Britain’s Prosperous Middle Class Entrepreneurs helps invest in company's. Successful merchants: to sell goods thought out the world.

11. Reason 5 New Inventions + Already Thriving Textile Industry = Faster Production People are inventing more products in a faster rate. Factories had more efficient production because of more people.

12. Reason 6: Major Inventions to Speed Transportation The rail roads thought out Britain. The steam engine. Canals.

13. Definition Textiles : A type of cloth or woven fabric.’ Industry : Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories. Manufacturing : 1.Make (something) on a large scale using machinery: "they manufacture paint"; "a manufacturing company". Urban : In, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town: "the urban population". Rural : In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town: "remote rural areas". Capitalism : An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. Entrepreneur : A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so. Labor : Work, esp. hard physical work: "manual labor".