British industrialization

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How was the industrial revolution dehumanizing and degrading for people in Britain

Poor working conditions, extended family declined child labor(to support family) and orphans increased

Why did British manufactures more sugar plantations to the Indian ocean

British manufactures moved to the Indian Ocean because British abolish the slave trade and they no longer wanted to work so instead they went to the Indian Ocean where they could get indentured servants and it was cheaper labor

Effects of Potato famine

Children were devastated due to no food they were cold and they were weak. many people got traumatized.

How was the weld copper industry tied to the sugar and we industry around the world

Copper was needed in many places such as machine parts used to refine sugar (in Jamaica)and trans in steam powered objects neither copper because copper was a good conductor.

How did the industrial revolution create positive change

Due to making more money people could improve their lives through social mobility. Additionally, working conditions became better due to reformers, transportation was cheaper, better houses and cheaper clothing.

How did the industrial revolution change southern Russia, Argentina and California

Due to the high British demand of wheat because of a population increase Britain set corn laws which were tariff on imported goods. Tariffs helped manufacturers but hurt consumers and workers

Why did the population increase

Fall in death rate - more food partially due to changes in farming. (4 crop rotation) Increase in birth rate - people moved to cities and as their were more young people together move likely to marry and start a family earlier. Increase in migration - many people moved to the UK from countries like Ireland for different reasons - in Ireland was due to lack of food during the Irish potato famine.

What did globalization do

Globalization lead to more social networking, more job opportunities transportation costs went down due to railroads and steam engines, global market was created..

How did the Irish potato famine impact Britain

People who survive the Irish potato famine started to rebel against Britain because they did not support them when they were starving and had no food and due to corn laws the Irish people could not eat the corn because it was not theirs

How are factories created

The development of factories came to do to steam power which they created by using coal which they had a natural resource and abundance of in Britain

How did the enclosure movement act lead to the industrial revolution.

The enclosure movement act led to industrialization because the movement mainly supported wealthy landowners and poor people lost their jobs and were forced to move into cities which had terrible housing conditions this also caused child labor because the children needed to work in order to support the family.

Why did Britain colonize first

They had access to coal and fossil fuels

What were the conditions during the Industrial revolution

They were poor conditions they had no sewer systems on planned cities the crammed people would have dirty water and polluted water the air was polluted through the smoke from the factories


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