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The Industrial Revolution in

Britain

“Nobody who has paid any attention to the peculiar features of


our present era will doubt for a moment that we are living at a
period of most wonderful transition which tends rapidly to the
accomplishment that great end to which, indeed, all history
points—the realization of the unity of mankind.”

- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-


1901
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MODULE CONTENT

This module includes the following


topics:
● Before the Industrial Revolution
● The Industrial Revolution
● Consequences of the Industrial
Revolution
A painting depicting the opening of the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first
inter-city railway in the world, 1830

LEARNING OBJECTIVES KEY WORDS


At the end of the module,
students should be able
to:
❖ Identify the factors Capitalism
leading to the Industrial Collective
Revolution Bargaining
❖ Analyse the changes Industrialisation
brought by the Industrial Labour Reforms
Revolution Scientific Revolution
❖ Understand the impacts
of the Industrial
Revolution
Before the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution is known as a defining period in modern


history, marking the transition from agricultural and handicraft-
based economy to new industrial and manufacturing processes.
This economic breakthrough originated in Britain from the 1760s
to the 1840s, which saw the social, cultural, and technological
changes in society at the time. The revolution rapidly spread
across the European countries and to the United States, as well
as to other parts of the world.
During the time when the Industrial
Revolution had yet to flourish in Britain, the
majority of the population lived in rural
areas where they thrived as farmers and
agricultural workers. However, a large
number of them suffered life-threatening
illnesses and were in poor health.
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Most of the goods at the time were simple
tools and furniture, crafted by hand. The
British textile industry basically began in
cottages, where the labour was done in
small shops and homes. Workers included
individual spinners, weavers and dyers.
In the middle of the 18th century, emerging colonial powers in
Europe, such as Britain, Spain, and France, were competing against
each other. This competition resulted in a number of wars that
Britain had to deal with, including the Austrian War of Succession
from 1740 to 1783, the Seven Years’ War from 1756 to 1763, the
American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783, and the Napoleonic
Wars from 1803 to 1815.
Britain needed to undergo industrial development to meet the
demands of the war in terms of the supply of goods.

Consequently, the ideas of


innovative thinkers like Isaac
Newton, Galileo Galilei and
Nicolaus Copernicus led to the
emergence of the Scientific
Revolution throughout
European societies. Europe
accommodated new
knowledge and scientific
Isaac Newton & Galileo Galilei changes.
Following the Scientific Revolution, new methods in agriculture were
introduced in Belgium and Holland in the 17th century until the mid-
19th century.
Food production largely
increased due to more
efficient farming techniques,
including crop rotation,
enclosed fields, selective
breeding, and manuring.
The idea of capitalism
was also slowly being
embraced by societies French artist Gustave
during this time. This Doré's 19th-century
engraving depicting
change brought a the London slums
significant increase in where the workers
population as well. lived.

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