1. 5.2 Britain Leads the Way

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The Industrial Revolution Begins: Section 2
Color Transparency 113: Canals in Britain 1800
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7. The Industrial Revolution Begins: Section 2
Color Transparency 114: The Growth of Railways in Great Britain, and 1850
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8. The Industrial Revolution Begins: Section 2
Note Taking Transparency 128
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