5.2 Britain Leads the Way

I. Why Britain? Natural Resources- Britain had a plentiful supply of coal and iron Transportation- Britain had lots of ports and rivers

I. Why Britain cont. Capital-money used to invest in enterprises Enterprises- business organization Entrepreneurs- businessman that assumes risk of new business Britain had lots of all of these

II. The Textile Industry Advances Textiles-cloth and clothing Putting out system- system where cotton would be distributed to peasant cottages to be spun (what they had before) How did they improve Eli Whitney invents cotton gin a device that separates seeds from cotton Flying Shuttle Spinning Jenny The water frame

III. The Transportation Revolution Turnpikes-private roads that charge a toll Canals-connected the river system Steam Locomotive-began the growth of the railway system could go places rivers could not

The Industrial Revolution Begins: Section 2 Color Transparency 113: Canals in Britain 1800 6 of 8

The Industrial Revolution Begins: Section 2 Color Transparency 114: The Growth of Railways in Great Britain, 1840 and 1850 7 of 8

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