The
Industrial Age Begins
Well we should by now know that the Industrial
Revolution began in England in the late 1700’s more notable 1750 brought about
by the following major changes;
1. The
Agricultural or Agrarian Revolution more so its effects
which transformed the agricultural sectors across the European landscape with
new technological advancements which led to an increase in the amount of food
produced as well as the quality. This essential led to a reduction in the state
of poverty that most Europeans were faced with even a reduction in malnutrition
and the likelihood of catching diseases.
2. Navigable
Rivers and Creation of Canals created an ideal
situation for the goods and services available across England to now become
more easily accessible and also at a reduced cost. Rivers and canals provided
an opportunity also for Britain to become more connected as an economy and
helped to develop and create new systems of communication across the regions.
3. Improvement
in Ships allowed quicker and more efficient communication and
transportation networking across Great Britain and also it allowed by more
items to be taken to areas which needed vast quantities of food items. Not only
that but it also allowed for the raw materials extracted to get to the
developing factories in a larger quantity and that much faster. How did they
manage this? Ships were now designed with larger hulls so as to carry more
commodities. Also, better techniques in ship building allowed the ships to travel
faster. Example moving from ships powered by roaring men to those powered by
winds and later on to those powered completely by steam.
4. Great
Britain had a large supply of raw materials which was currently untapped and
waiting to e used. The transformation that had taking place in the Agricultural
revolution was now allowing the citizens to accessing all available resources
such as coal, petroleum and even traditional trees to lumber manufacturing.
5. Oversees
Colonies such as Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago also provided a whole
host of raw materials needed in the developing phases of the Industrial period.
Four vital materials coming out of the Caribbean were Indigo which was used as
a dye, Tobacco, Cotton which was used for making cloth/items of clothing and
most importantly sugar which was used as a sweetener.
Comments
Capitalism this is an essential component leading to the rise of industrialization. So with capitalism a country would have to economic and political system in which the country's industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by state. Capitalism is one of the three main factors of production. The other two factors of production are land and labor so this means a country has to have all these factors to Industrialize. Within Capitalism a country has to have a sable government without wars so that laws can be passed. Capitalism cause countries to have colonisise small countries that haven't not already Industrialized. Here a example: England colonisised Jamaica and it was until Jamaica Industrialized it gain independence and England didn't colonisise Jamaica any more.