1. Britain Leads the Way!!

2. Why Great Britain?

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Technology Improved Energy sources Coal Used to power steam engines
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

7. 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

8. Other Inventions Eli Whitney
Cotton gin in America to remove seeds from cotton while stretching the cotton

9. Put it to the Test!!

10. Transportation Turnpikes Canals Steam Locomotive
Private roads built by entrepreneurs who charged for their use
Built to ship goods to market, transport coal and lumber tolls charged to use the canals
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

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