The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

In England 19th Century, 4.3 audiovisual lesson summary

Why it happened?

Thanks to having no rivals like Napoleon, who was beaten in the Waterloo battle, the phenomenal of Trade and industry increased a lot, very efficiently and fast. In this period was essential also, the agricultural revolution, which helped as a faithful friend to the industrial one. We can even see, in terms of population and job, that people who usually lived in the campaign with their field to earn money or feed their families moved to cities to work as workmen in factories. Was so easily the event of the Revolution also because England controlled a lot of colonies and this fact made the import of raw materials more easygoing cause it was cheaper than buying them from other countries.

The fundamental inventions of this period

_The James Hargraves' spinning jenny engine_ that accelerated the process in textile industries_The Steam Engine_ was introduced in every kind of situation, like transport as trains, and became as popular and useful as the energy in the city

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Why Industrial Revolution occur first in England?

_Agricoltural Revolution_helps the occur of the industrial one_The Increase of the population__Colonies_to have access to cheap raw materials_Iron/Coal_England was full of them_The technological innovations__The Free Trade Theory_

Social Unrest

These consequences of fundamental events brought the population into great distress and caused the continued increase of demand for foodstuffs, clothing, and munitions for the war.When the war was finally over, unfortunately, sailors and soldiers lost their jobs because they were almost useless to their country and for this, many found each other unemployed. England was, at this point, full of debts, to solve this situation was vital the act of the Corn Law but the result was also the rapid rise in the prices of bread and other foods. In fact, at this stage of the Industrial Revolution, the richer businessman increased his pocket size and the poor workman going to have less money than he ever had until he couldn't buy bread also because more duties were applied to everyday items like glasses. To prevent disorder was imposed the Combination Act abolished trade unions. Eventually, the period was closed by the highest on the list, the event with the nickname of Peterloo, an ironic comparison to the battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon was defeated by the Russian enemy, this tiny contrast made the evidence of the massacre of this challenging day.

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