HIST 2F20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: William Thomson, 1St Baron Kelvin, Second Industrial Revolution, Spinning Jenny
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Industrial revolutions & ireland in the early nineteenth century. Compare and contract the first and second industrial revolutions. British economic policy contribute to the losses incurred in the great famine: industrival revolutions. Definitions - industrial revolution describes process: new methods of production + new sources of power = workers can produce greater quantity of goods (also providing of sources) Now based primarily on producers of manufactured goods and services. Historians warn against defining this as a definitive shift, as some of these processes were underway. Why is this a british phenomenon: first industrial revolution. Influence of many factors at the same time; all of these conditions creating growth in britain. Investment in infrastructure: supply of natural resources, flexible system of agriculture c, flexible social structure, growing demand, favourable environment, supply of natural resources. Most important natural resources were: coal and iron. Britain had consider amounts of both, primarily located in northeastern england, the.
