NATS 1775 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Knitting, Industrial Revolution

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1775
• Professor: Vera Pavri

Document Summary

British technology propelled forward by the industrial revolution by the mid- British industry faced a long march to stay top of rising competitors in europe and north america it was germany and us. To striking extent, inventors, engineers, traders, financiers, and government officials turned their attentions from blast furnaces and textile factories at home to steamships, telegraphs, and railway lines for the colonies. Imperialism altered these technologies, even as these technologies made possible the dramatic expansion of western political and economic influence around the world. British rule in india was the next dilemma. The rise of free trade in the 1840s also promoted by british industrialists keen to secure reliable sources of raw materials for their factories and cheap food for their workers, lead to a wild scramble in the far east. Effective military technologies such as steam-powered gunboats, breechloading rifles, and later the rapid-firing machine guns helped the. British extend their control over the indian sub-continent.