Lesson 7-3-4 A – Industrial Revolution Essential Question Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?

What changed during this revolution? While political revolutions swept through Europe and beyond… a new kind of revolution started in Great Britain in the 1700s This revolution would result in INDUSTRIALISM Using machines instead of animal and human power

Before this change took place… What was society like before? Before this change took place… Most of the world was based on AGRICULTURE farming

Why the sudden change? Many factors contributed to the switch to industry: People began buying, selling, trading raw materials(colonies) Trading had increased the money supply(colonies) People were moving to cities for business and manufacturing jobs. This would be called urbanization!

Why Great Britain? Great Britain turned out to be the perfect place for the Industrial Revolution to begin… Why? A. Natural resources B. Access to water and C. A large population

What resources were there? NATURAL RESOURCES Great Britain was rich in natural resources, such as… Coal Iron and Coal was replacing wood as a source of fuel for machines. Iron was used to build machines and make steel.

Great Britain’s rivers flowed all year round... Why is water so important? ACCESS TO WATER Great Britain’s rivers flowed all year round... Rivers: Powered machines Transported materials Connected areas

Where are the people? Great Britain had the markets to sell manufactured goods LARGE POPULATION It also had: Plenty of ships to sail their goods around the world A huge empire with lots of colonies!!!!