Spread of Industrialization Why didn’t industrialization spread quicker in the rest of Europe/World as it did in Britain and the US?

Venn Diagram comparing British and US Industrialization -Coal -British Blockade/War of 1812 -Enclosure Movement/ Agricultural Rev -Iron Ore -Factors of Prod -Large Immigrant & female workforce -Stable government -Farmers move to cities -Railroads and fast rivers -Entrepreneurs -New inventions -Stock, Corporations -Land for factories -Colonies & powerful navy

Causes of Slow Industrialization 2) Political disunity (countries not yet unified) 1) Wars revolutions, unstable govt Obstacles to Industrialization 4) Geographic problems (no resources, mountains, no rivers, isolated) 3) Social structure (class system or absolute rule)

European/Asian Industrialization Country Obstacle to Industrialization How they industrialized Belgium Revolution against Dutch (1) 1) British engineers sell stolen secrets 2) Use waterways, lots of coal Germany Country wasn’t unified (2) Hire British engineers Coal in Ruhr Vlly 3) Build railroads to link German cities France Wars, unstable government (1) Napoleon III brings stability & industrialization

Hurt by revolutions lacks rivers & roadways(1 & 4) Japan Isolated from West (4) 1) Government begins to finance textile industry 2) Private companies invest Spain Hurt by revolutions lacks rivers & roadways(1 & 4) Begin to produce cotton Italy country not unified (2) Begin to produce silk Austria-Hungary Revolutions, absolute monarchy, mountains limit RR (1,3,4) Revolutions force A-H to industrialize (need jobs) but very slowly Russia Revolutions, class system & absolute monarchy, isolated from west (1,3,4) Must have serfs work in factories, industrialize slowly