HIST 1007 Chapter : Beginnings Of The Industrial Revolution
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Introduction: causes, a case study: textiles, plusses and minuses. The energy used to produce goods went from the renewable sources (muscle power) to nonrenewable sources (coal, oil: continuous revolution, we are still in the industrial revolution. Increase in scale: increase in scale and the sheer amount of things we now have at our disposal, ex. 1760-1830: location, england had a lot of coal, and it was easily accessible (industrialization and urbanization in europe map, england"s coal was near the ocean, thus making it easier to mine. Not worthwhile to create for two countries alone, but it is worth my while to create for the whole world" boulton (capitalist who manufactured the steam engines with james. Done by weavers in their homes, also scattered throughout the countryside: the capitalist was the middleman who would distribute the products: take cotton to spinners, thread to weavers, cloth to wherever, spinning and weaving was boring.
