Preconditions for the British Industrial Revolution (1).pptx

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1. Preconditions for the British Industrial Revolution

2. Today’s plan

3. What do you need to survive?

4. What if one of those basic needs for survival was removed?

5. And then you were asked to think about what it means to be human?

6. If you were functioning with little to no food would you be able to come up with in depth theories about existence? …Probably not. You can’t think when your hungry, least of all theorize about human existence.

7. What were the preconditions of the Industrial Revolution? also known as… What were the people complaining about in the 1780s?

8. Preconditions: The Agricultural Revolution Changing thinking Access to resources Wealthy Middle Class shorter distances British colonial expansion stable government population changing social structures You will be creating a collective Powerpoint in your group based on your topic. You will be exploring your particular subject and answering the following questions Who, what, where, when, why and how of your subject How did this revolutionary change address/satisfy natural human wants, needs and values? Was there Moral Progress? i.e., did it make life better for humans/how did it benefit humanity?

9. Brief overview of the preconditions

10. The Agricultural revolution Developments in agriculture meant people had less work to do on farms. Some people had more time. Some people were not required any more. Some chose to move / some were forced to move into towns and cities providing a workforce.

11. Changing thinking From the end of the medieval period there was a period of ‘rediscovery’ of knowledge. This allowed for a scientific revolution in thinking allowing for new technology.

12. Access to raw materials Resources are present in quantity and are accessible. In 1750, coal and other substances are still being extracted by traditional methods.

13. Wealthy middle class A wealthy middle class with money/capital could invest/pay for inventions and research .

14. Shorter distances Nothing in Britain was a very long way from each other, including nothing being more than 70 miles or so from a coast. Required resources are relatively close together.

15. Expanding British control Fleet of merchant ships was useful. Contact with overseas countries provided resources to fuel industry. Contact with overseas countries provided markets to sell manufactured products to. Colonial trade networks provided many different opportunities.

16. Stable government People aren’t fighting with each other and have time to look towards other. Few government restrictions allow for an incentive to innovate.

17. Population The population is growing due to lower infant mortality and longer life expectancy. This allowed for more workers that could be employed at lower rates of pay – a larger and cheaper industrial workforce. Also allowed for more people to be able to consume produce from factories. Unskilled labour meant business owners were able to employ cheap labour.

18. Changing social structures The medieval period resulted in changes in society that allowed for continued changes allowing for the Industrial Revolution. The end of feudalism (medieval period) changed economic relationships. Started the process of resulting in more people able to purchase consumer goods.