industrial revolution Flashcards
1
Q
dramatic changes in four areas
A
AGRICULTURE more food grown
INDUSTRY more goods produced people now worked in factorys
TRANSPORT new way of moving goods and road were built
URBANISATION people now moved to cities
2
Q
why the industrial revolution started in Britain
A
population explosion raw material from colonies new farming methods coal and iron ore inventions
3
Q
causes of population explosion
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fewer famines
plague stopped
medical discoveries (cure for smallpox) vacccinatio)
4
Q
raw materials from colonies
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british colonies provided britian with cheap resources
5
Q
coal and iron ore
A
was in plentiful supply
6
Q
the affect of the agricultural revolution
A
increase in food supply
larger families
more workers available for factory’s
fewer people needed on farms
