Painting Harvesting Scene by Pieter Brueghel depicting pre-industrial village life. Farming in the Middle Ages Disadvantages of traditional farming Forces of change
Crop rotation of four crops on a manor Enclosure movement Crop rotation Other discoveries Effects of the Agricultural Revolution
Engraving of a cottage industry scene from Ireland in Mercantilism and rising demand Cottage Industry Capitalism Effects of the cottage industry
Mule-spinning machines making cotton cloth in an English textile mill in 1834 Textile industry invented Rise of the factory Effects of textile factories in Britain
James Watt’s steam pumping engines at the pit head of an English coal mine in the 1790’s Need for energy How the steam engine works Effect of the steam engine
Men pouring steel ingots (bars) at Copenhagen Denmark in 1885 Need for iron Need for coal Effect of iron and coal
Stephenson’s Rocket winning the Manchester-Liverpool race in Need for better transportation Inventions Effects of Railroads
The Triumph of Steam and Electricity; from the Illustrated London News, 1897 Geography Government Social factors Colonial empire Advantages of Industrialization Why Britain Led the Industrial Revolution