CAUSES of the Industrial Revolution

What is INDUSTRIALIZATION?

• Developing factories in a region

• Change from an economy based on farming to industries

• Mass production of industrialized goods

• All of them

Where and when did the first Industrial Revolution begin?

• Britain in the late 17th century

• England in the late 1800s

• Britain in the late 1700s

• The USA, late 18th century

Which options below explain how Britain had CAPITAL to fund its industrial revolution in the late 1700s?

• British people could get bank loans to fund their business

• Business people could invest in other businesses in stock markets

• The government was supportive and gave advantages to factory owners

• British business men made a lot of money with colonial and slave trade.

• The population boom provided enough people to work in the new factories

Which option closely relates to how England developed the right TECHNOLOGY to industrialize?

• The government was liberal and did not intervene much in the economy (hands-off).

• Britain had huge coal mines in its territory

• Patents protected inventors (copyrights)

• The British had a large empire oversees with profitable trading

Where did most of the RAW MATERIALS (mainly cotton) to feed the new factories come from?

• British colonies, mainly India

• Colonies abroad mainly in Africa

• From different British farms

• All answers are right

Which options closely relate to TRANSPORTATION?

• There were plenty of rivers that could be used for transportation

• Canals were also built to connect navigable rivers so they could reach further areas

• There were already railroads (trains) before 1750

• There were also fairly decent roads available in the late 1700s

Which options have to do with a growing MARKET for industrialized British goods?

• Population boom - Britain's population doubled between 1750 and 1800.

• Better farming in the countryside allowed people to eat better, and live longer.

• Many peasants lost their jobs in the countryside and had to move to the cities in search of new work.

What did an AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION (innovations in farming) in the countryside have to do with industrialization in Britain after 1750?

• More effective farming demanded more workers in the countryside

• Many workers decided to go to the cities as they got tired of living in the countryside

• Better farming methods and technology made it possible to produce more food. More people lived longer. Many of them became workers and customers of factory products.

• All of the answers are correct

How did geographical or natural conditions help Britain be the first one to industrialize after 1750?

• Nearly flat territory with many navigable rivers

• Sources of fossil fuels like oil and natural gas

• Several coal mines underground

• Natural canals to connect different rivers

“Population boom - Britain's population doubled between 1750 and 1800". This statement has to do with the following conditions for England to industrialize...

• CAPITAL

• LABOR FORCE

• MARKET

• ENERGY

• TRANSPORTATION