HIST 150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ned Ludd, Chartism, Luddite
18 Jan 2015
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Origin of the term, industrial revolution the french envoy louis - guillaume otto in 1799 introduced this term, la revolution industrielle summoning that french had entered the race to industrialization. He lived in london and reported about the industrial changes in the great. Then the english romantic poet, robert southey, and the. Welsh businessman and social reformer robert owen introduced this term in english language. Finally fredrich engels, and friend of karl marx and cofounder of. Marxism, introduced please add missed notes here (no time to finish) The industrial revolution = a revolutionary transition from manual labor to the machines, from craft shops to the factories and a creation of industrial capitalism with new social classes of industrial workers and industrial capitalists. Why england: convenient position in international trade, water transportation. 3: agricultural revolution, cheap and disciplined labor, capital and finances, new enterprising spirit and work ethic of the middle class. 2: steam engines, coal industry, railroad industry.
