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

2. 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

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

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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!!!!