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Why did the Industrial Revolution occur?

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PEST factors:
Social
Economic
Technological
Political

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What were the Social & Economic factors for the start of the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Population increase
  • Urbanisation
  • Increased need for basic reasources: Housing, infastructure and food
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What were the Technological factors for the start of the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Agricultural revolution
  • Enclosure system lobbied for by landowners in 1740
  • Changes in agriculture meant fewer labourers were needed
  • Labourers went in search for work in the cities, leading to urbanisation
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What was the open field system and how long was it used for?

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Open field system was used from the medieval period to the 1740’s
- Land divided into three fields, fields divided into strips
- Villagers each used one strip of land
- Common land that everyone could use
- Inefficient - time and land wasted

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What was the enclosure system and when was it lobbied for?

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Enclosure system lobbied for by landowners in 1740
- Land closed off by hedges or fences
- Villagers given the same amount of land as their strips
- More efficient
- Tenant farmers evicted
- Farmers that couldn’t prove ownership lost their land and right to access common land

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What were the Politcial factors for the start of the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Britain had a strong and stable government
  • Gave people confidence to invest in business
  • Britain’s large empire gave them access to raw materials needed in industry
  • Britain’s colonies only traded with Britain, increasing its wealth and power
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Mercantilism Definiton

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A system of profitable trading based on the idea that increasing exports would increase a nation’s power

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What other factors contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

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  • The Enlightenment
  • Capitalism
  • Inventions
  • Sources of power
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What was The Enlightenment?

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  • Thinking became based on reason rather than religious belief
  • The purpose of government was to protect life, liberty and property
    • This thinking strongly influenced the American and French Revolutions
  • New ideas about economics played an important role in the Industrial Revolution
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How did capitalism contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Factories developed
  • Financial risks were taken by private entrepreneurs that the government couldn’t take
  • Britain had raw materials needed for industrialisation - coal
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How did inventions contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Small ‘cottage’ businesses couldn’t keep up with demand with the growing population
  • Inventions were created to speed up production
  • Spinning jenny created - could spin 8 threads at once rather than just one
  • Spinning frame created - larger and powered by water which created stronger thread
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How did sources of power contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

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Use of steam power over human and horse power

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Who invented the Spinning Jenny and when?

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1764 - invention of spinning jenny by James Hargreaves

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Who invented the Spinning Frame and when?

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1769 - invention of spinning frame by Richard Arkwrite

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Capitalism Definition

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A political and economic system where private individuals and companies own property and goods, rather than the government; the companies or individuals then compete to make a profit

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How did industrialisation change how people worked?

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  • Working Conditions
  • Factories
  • Mines
  • Child labour reform
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How did working conditions impact industrialisation?

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  • Unlike human labour, machines didn’t need sunlight, and the work wasn’t as hard, so working hours increased
  • Workers paid very low wages
  • Dangerous working conditions, no government regulation
  • Accidents were common, death rates high
  • Women & children were cheap labour
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How did factories impact industrialisation?

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  • They made everything faster and cheaper
  • Children employed, cheap labour, small and agile
  • Orphans were sent to factories
  • Few rights, no protection
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How did mines impact industrialisation?

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  • Brought coal to the surface to run steam machines that made the factories work
  • Children opened and closed doors in mines
  • Other children carried coal to surface
  • Many suffered physical deformities
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How did child labour reform impact industrialisation?

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  • Factory act passed to improve conditions for children working in factories
  • A report showed how what was happening to children in factories and mines, which shocked society
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When was the Factory Act passed?

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How did the Industrial Revolution change living conditions?

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  • Buildings
  • Sanitation
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How did buildings change living conditions during the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Building companies made small narrow houses to make the most profit
  • Towns and cities were built fast and without proper government supervision
  • Houses had no running water or indoor toilets
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How did sanitation change living conditions during the Industrial Revolution?

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  • Toilets were shared, and waste collected in pits
  • Pits overflowed, contaminating drinking water, which lead to disease
  • Most people lacked proper clothing, a bed, food or fire
  • Public health act passed in response to severe cholera epidemic
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When was the Public Health Act passed?
1848
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Who challenged the status quo?
- Robert Owen - Friedrich Engels - Mary Wollstonecraft - Charles Darwin
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Who was Robert Owen and what did he do?
- Factory owner - Advocate for socialism - Believed in looking after welfare of workers - Highly critical of child labour - Set up school for children to attend - Physical punishments banned - Provided workers with housing, and gave them access to doctors - His factory was a success
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Who was Friedrich Engels and what did he do?
- German philosopher - Socialist - Co-authored the Communist Manifesto
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Who was Mary Wollstonecraft and what did she do?
- Lacked formal education - Became a major British writer and philosopher - Advocated for equality and education for women - Wrote a book that led to the establishment of many women's rights groups across Europe and North America
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Who was Charles Darwin and what did he do?
- Published On The Origin of Species - his theories of evolution - English clergy were threatened - Darwin theorised different species evolved to suit their environment - Called this natural selection - Theory shocked the church as they believed God created all plants and animals
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Socialism Definition
A political and economic system in which communities control businesses and industry for the benefit of their members
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What groups fought for social and political change?
- Women's suffrage movement - Trade unions - Chartists - Luddites
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What was the women's suffrage movement about?
- Once married, legal rights transferred to husband - Women fought for suffrage - right to vote
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What was the Trade Unions movement about?
- British government banned trade unions - Workers still met together to fight for better working conditions - Trade union movement grew throughout the 19th century
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Who were the Chartists?
- Movement in Britain that demanded working class men have the right to vote - Chartists petition of 1842 rejected - By 1884 two-thirds of all men could vote - 1918 - suffrage bill for all men passed
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Who were the Luddites?
- Objected to the use of machinery in the textile industry - 1811-1817 the Luddites smashed weaving machines - As a result, the British government made it a capital crime to wreck machines.
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"Am I not a man and a brother?"
- Slavery existed before the Industrial Revolution but it ramped up during it - Manufactured goods such as guns were traded with African Kings for slaves - African populations fell dramatically as young, healthy children were taken to be slaves - The journey between Africa and America known as the middle passage and took about 5 weeks - Outbreaks of disease killed many slaves on the ship - Horrible conditions - chained together, crammed into tiny spaces - Slaves considered property, sold at auction - Slaves not sold were left to die on the waterfront Abolition movement: - The Society for Effecting the Abolition of Slave Trade was formed in 1787 - British government banned the sale of slaves in 1807, but slavery wasn't banned for another 36 years
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How did the Industrial Revolution affect the environment?
- Deforestation - Air pollution - Water pollution
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How did the Industrial Revolution cause deforestation?
- Forests cleared for timber and farming land at the start of the Revolution - Land cleared for factories and urban development later in the Revolution - Deforestation can lead to land degradation, erosion and loss of habitat Increases risks of natural disasters - flooding and landslides
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How did the Industrial Revolution increase Air pollution?
- Steam powered machines needed coal to be used - This greatly increased air pollution - The smoke from the mines mixed with fog, creating a deadly smog - Smog led to traffic accidents and death of animals, and eventually death of many people
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How did the Industrial Revolution increase Water pollution?
- Lack of sanitation led to water pollution - This led to dangerous epidemics - Waste from factories contaminated water
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Why was Australia riding on the sheep's back?
- Gold and Industry - Wool industry - Railways in Australia
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Gold and Industry in Australia
- Gold rush brought many to Australia - After surface had run out, people started mining - This aided the development, creating cities such as Ballarat
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Wool industry in Australia
- Sheep introduced to Australia - Australia exporting 30 tonnes of wool per year by 1815 - This is why Australia was 'riding on the sheep's back'
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Railways in Australia
- Where railways went, towns prospered - Social and economic links developed within Australia

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