kilometres in 1850 (Strayer 836). In addition‚ Robert Fulton’s 1807 steamboat opened the door to transporting goods between places before deemed too far. The length of navigable waterways in Britain quadrupled between 1750 to 1820. (“Trends in International Trade”). These developments led to many significant economic benefits. First‚ prices of food and other products were 60% lower in 1850 relative to the 1700s as a result of a reduction in freight charges by 95% from 1700 to 1850. (Bogart‚ Clark)
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Why was Britain the first country to industrialize? The industrial revolution‚ which occurred during the hundred years after 1780‚ was a true european revolution. It was in England that the industrial revolution first took hold. This change‚ which occurred between 1750 and 1830‚ happened because conditions were perfect in Britain for the Industrial Revolution. Having used wood for heat instead of coal‚ Britain was left with large deposits of coal remaining to fuel the new ideas. Any raw supplies
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Chapter 1 industrial Change in england 1780–1820 Until late in the eighteenth century‚ most of england’s output of woollens‚ worsteds‚ linens‚ fustians and cottons was produced by families in their own homes or in communal workshops. Children were fully involved in family units of production‚ learning to assist in a variety of ways from an early age.1 Work was flexible and was distributed among family members less by gender or even age than by availability and competing demands of the household
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The steam power was used in many industries in Britain. It drained the mines and helped to produce more coal. The steam power was so beneficial that it took the place of water in the cotton-spinning mills during the 1780s. Similarly‚ it replaced the water in the other mills such as flour mills‚ malt mills and flint mills and in the sugar mills. The usage of steam engine transformed the iron industry. There was a drastic change in the production of iron. It increased
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1761-1888 Sources: Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman‚ Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery. Boston: Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 1974‚ Table 1‚ pp. 33-34. David Brion Davis‚ The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution‚ 1780-1823. Ithaca: Cornell University Press‚ 1975‚ particularly pp. 23-36. Leslie B. Rout‚ Jr.‚ The African Experience in Spanish America: 1502 to the present day. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 1976‚ pp. 185-312. Junius P. Rodriguez‚ Chronology
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of Economics and Liberty: http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/IndustrialRevolutionandtheStandardofLiving.html McCloskey‚ D. (1981). The Industrial Revolution 1780-1860: A Survey. In D. McCloskey‚ The Economic History of Britain Since 1700 (p. 126). London: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. McCloskey‚ D. (1981). The Industrial Revolution 1780-1860: A Survey. In D. McCloskey‚ The Economic History of Britain Since 1700 (pp. 105-8). Cambridge: Cambridge University
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Enlightenment vs Romanticism Romanticism was a rebellion that constructed itself in opposition to the previous Enlightenment period. For philosophers and artists during the Enlightenment period life was defined by logic and reason. During the Romantic movement‚ the individual self as well as turning to nature as an explanation for life was the prime focus. Both the Enlightenment and Romantic periods gave way to some of history’s most influential work in literature‚ art‚ poetry‚ and philosophy. Often
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Everyone in this society has his or her own definition of the word “romantic.” The word gives off the notion of “sentiment and sentimentality‚ a visionary or idealistic lack of reality. It connotes fantasy and fiction. It has been associated with different times and with distant places: the island of Bali‚ the world of the Arabian Nights‚ the age of the troubadours and even Manhattan.”(Kreis) Romanticism is used all over the world as it relates to many different things. From advertisements in
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because of large numbers of Irish fleeing the potato famine of the late 1840s and Germans fleeing the political conflict of their homeland about the same time. As a result of the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780‚ the 3‚737 African American slave population of 1790 dropped to 64 by 1840‚ and by 1850 all Pennsylvania African Americans were free unless they were fugitives from the South. The African American community had 6‚500 free people in 1790‚ rising to 57‚000 in 1860. Philadelphia was their population
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Andrea Vollmer 2/11/13 Period 5 Industrial Revolutions Essay Industrial Revolutions occurred throughout the world roughly between 1750 and 1914. Beginning with Britain‚ it started to industrialize in the 1780s. By the 1890s‚ the idea of industrialization had spread to Russia. These two industrial revolutions were similar to an extent. They both set in motion their industrial revolutions with the steam-powered railroad. Also‚ the outcomes of industrializing caused major environmental effects
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