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10-11-10 Please take out two pieces of binder paper and format it in the Cornell note style. Q u e s t i o n s Notes Industrialization Spreads Why Britain? • • • • • Favorable location Geography Financial systems Political stability Natural resources Many Workers Bigger factories Industrialization Spreads to Other countries Investment in New machines Industrial Development in the US • Posses the same resources as Britain. • War of 1812 forces the US to develop its industries. • Textiles is the first industry to develop. • Britain tries to keep industrial secrets to itself. • Britain's designs make their way to the US. • Francis Cabott Lowell mechanizes every stage in cloth making. Lowell Girls • Single women • Left parents and rural homes to work. • Closely monitored • 12 hours a day, 6 days a week • Good alternative to being a servant Later Expansion of US Industry • Northeast is industrializing. • Rest of the country remains agricultural until the end of the Civil War. • Technological boom leads to more growth. • Railroads developed to transport goods to major cities. • Railroads dominated by large companies. • To generate money to entrepreneurs sold shares of stocks to the public. • Corporationbusiness owned by stockholders who share in the profits but are not personally responsible for debts. Industrialization Reaches Continental Europe • The rest of Europe wanted to follow Britain’s lead. • Wars, and unrest delayed Industrial growth. • Britain was decades ahead of the rest of Europe. • Belgium is the first county in Europe to Industrialize. • Machinery, steam engines, railroads introduced. • British workers come to Belgium and some form their own factories. Germany Industrializes • Germany was politically divided. • Industrialization begins in the Iron rich Ruhr Valley. • Import British machines and engineers. • Manufacturers send their children to England to learn industrial management. • Builds railroads to connect its cities. • Becomes an economic power. • Economic strength turns into military power. • By the end of the 1800’s Germany is a industrial and Military Giant (one of the causes of WWI) Expansion throughout Europe • Industrialization occurred in regions rather than entire countries. • Some countries had little industrialization. • Social structures and geography held some countries back. Worldwide impact of Industrialization • Industrial Revolution leads to competition between industrial countries and poverty in less developed countries. • Industrialized countries exploit overseas colonies for resources and markets. (Imperialism) • Over time, standards of living rise in the industrial nations.