imperialism and industrial revolution Flashcards
Industrial Revolution 1
Originated in England because of it’s natural resources and steam engine.
Spread to Europe and the United states
Role of cotton, textile, iron, and steel industries.
Industrial revolution 2
Relationship to British enclosure movement.
Rise of factory system-demise of cottage industries.
Control raw materials markets throughout the world.
Technological advances that produced the industrial revolution.
Spinning Jenny: James Hargreaves
Steam engine: James Watt
Cotton Gin: Eli Whitney
Advancements in science and medicine
Smallpox vaccine- Edward Jenner
Bacteria discovery- Louis Pasteur
Impact of the industrial revolution on industrialized countries
Population increase Most increased their standards of living
Improved transportation
urbanization
Impact of the industrial revolution on industrialized countries 2
Environmental pollution
increased education
dissatisfied working class with working conditions
growth of middle class
capitalism
Adam Smith- The wealth of nations
Market competition and Entrepreneurial abilities
impact on standard of living
growth of middle class
poor working conditions and unequal distribution of wealth
socialism and communism
Communist manifesto (Frederick Engels) and Das Kapital
Response to the injustice of capitalism
Importance to communist of redistribution of wealth
The nature of work in the factory system
cottage industries displaced by factory system
Men competing with women and children for wages
child labor kept production costs low and prophet high
The owners of mines and factories had control over the lives of their laborers
impact of the industrial revolution on slavery
Cotton Gin increased demand for slave labor on American plantation
Us and Britain outlawed slave trade and then slavery
Industrial competition for rescourcesand colonies
Nationalism- European nations competing for colonial possession
European Economic, military, and political power forced colonized countries to trade on European terms.
industrially produced goods flooded colonial markets and displaced traditional industries
Forms of imperialism
sphere of influence
colonies
protectorate
Economic-industrialized nations sought
Raw materials
natural resources
cheap labor supply
New markets
exploration and ideological motives
steam engine= better transportation= increase exploration=better communication
Berlin conference
David Livingstone- Mapping the dark continent
desire to “civilize” no-europeans sparked development of imperialism
Social Darwinism “White man’s burden”