Question

What caused the industrial revolution?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

[1.] Agricultural revolution
Wealthy landowners bought the village farmers' lands and made them tenant farmers to made them move to the country. The landowners made more efficient crops which led to less starvation, less people dying, and more people.

[2.]Population boom
Since there was more food going around, less people died of starvation, and people could have more babies, creating a population boom.

[3.]Natural resources
Britain had rich coal deposits, iron ore, and fast flowing rivers, which made it possible for factories to attain energy, trains to run, and for the industry to grow.

[4.]New technologies
Scientists knew that industrialization would bring wealth to Britain, so British scientist shifted their research on new technologies that would help the process of industrialization.

[5.]New transport systems
Engineers began to make new transport systems that allowed cheaper, and easier ways for people to ship their goods and travel.

[6.]Rural to urban migration
Since travel was became cheap, tenant farmers decided to move to the cities for jobs.

[7.]Market for goods
Around the world, people heard of the cheap, mass-produced goods Britain was making. British-made goods were high in demand.

[8.]Money = capital = power
Since everyone wanted British-made goods, this created the wealth Britain wanted, making it more powerful than it was.