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Industrialization Spreads
Why Britain?
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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.