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Industrial Revolution

 * The colonies provided raw material, such as fish, while the liberal government upheld innovation.
 * Where industrialization flourished, it promoted new social classes and the concept of urbanization.
 * Urbanization changed the way women served in society, family structures, new transportation and communication.

Time Frame - [around] 1750-1850

 * Causes - Agricultural revolution (changes in farming/stock breeding allowed more food), massive increase in population led to new labor.
 * Capital - Britain had enough capital to invest (from a bank and their large position in the world) in these new changes.
 * Industrial Entrepreneurs - The British people were very interested in the new accommodations to their land, so many entrepreneurs, albeit with much initial difficulty, took part.
 * Mineral - Britain had easy access to an abundant amount of minerals, such as coal.
 * Role of Government - Parliament passed laws that aided in the revolution
 * Markets - The Brits exported massively during the time frame of the revolution.

Major technological changes

 * 1) Cotton Industry - Hargreaves's spinning jenny allowed spinners to yearn out yarn at higher quantities. Crompton's mule and Arkwright's water frame also contributed to the increase in cotton production. This created major opportunities for entrepreneurs to improve factories and employ more workers to modulate these new inventions.
 * 2) The Steam Engine - Revolutionized cotton production by pumped water from mines 3 times faster than have been previously done. This was developed by James Watt.
 * 3) Iron Industry
 * 4) New Revolution in Transportation - Railways
 * 5) Industrial Factory - The factory provided a gruesome means of working, where a huge demand lies in factories as soon as the workforce changed from agriculture (countryside) to factory (city).

Britain's Great Exhibition of 1851
In a building known as "Crystal Palace" [made entirely by glass] in Kensington, London, the British found a perfect way to show off all their wealth to the world: by holding the world's first industrial fair. The UK was producing 1/2 of the world's coal supply and manufactured goods + the UK's cotton industry was equal to all of Europe's cotton industry combined.

Spread of Industrialization
After 1850 is when industrialization started to spread. The US was the first nation in North America to begin industrialization.

Although many issues stalled industrialization spread over Europe, including non-competitive mentalities from enterprisers and border restrictions, it was able to spread due to the illegal works of British merchants, governments working to not only support industrial workers but also create/improve venues for workers to navigate across Europe and the use of tariffs (taxes on imports/exports).