SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC
REVOLUTION
UNIT 6
REVIEW
SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC
REVOLUTION
•
THE ECONOMIC FREEDOMS OF THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION CONSIST OF; GREATER AVAILABILITY OF
FOOD AND SUPPLIES, GREATER CHOICES IN THEIR WORK
LIFE AND SOCIAL STATUS, AND HIGHER WAGES TO
PURCHASE MORE FOOD AND SHELTER.
•
THE MAJOR EFFECT OF THE STEAM ENGINE WAS THE
INCREASE PRODUCTION OF COAL.
•
SOCIAL DARWINISM AFFECTED THE SPREAD OF
EUROPEN IMPERIALISM BY ITS INCREASE OF
SUPERIORITY AMONG EUROPEANS.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• THE INCREASE DEMAND FOR
MANUFACTURED GOODS AND A FACTORY
SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES GOODS QUICKLY
ARE THE CAUSE / EFFECT OF THE FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM DURING THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
• THE LOCATION OF THE SUEZ CANAL WAS
IMPORTANT TO THE BRITISH, BECAUSE
THE CANAL GAVE THEM QUICKER ACCESS
TO COLONIES IN AFRICA AND ASIA.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• THE CHANGES RESULTING FROM
INDUSTRIALIZATION WERE POLITICAL,
SOCIAL AND ECONOMICS. ALL THREE DEALT
WITH OVERCROWED CITIES, REFORM
MOVEMENTS / NEW LAWS AND GROWTH OF
TRADE.
• EFFICIENT FREE MARKETS, MARKETS GUIDED
BY AN INVISIBLE HAND AND MARKETS THAT
ARE PRODUCTIVE AND BENEFICIAL COME
FROM THE IDEAS OF WEALTH OF NATIONS.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• DISCRIMINATION IN FACTORIES, WOMEN
DEMANDED REFORMS TO LABOR POLICIES.
• THE EFFECTS OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM ON INDIA
WERE RAILROADS AND IMPROVED
INFRASTRUCTURE.
• THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION WERE; PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO
PUBLIC PARKS / TRANSPORTATION / EDUCATION,
PROTECTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR
PRODUCERS / CONSUMERS / WORKERS, AND MORE
WORLDWIDE POWER FOR THE INDUSTRIALIZED
NATIONS.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• IMPERIALISM IMPACT CHINA, THROUGH
THE EUROPEAN NATIONS AND THE
UNITED STATES BY EXERCISING THE
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OVER CHINA IN
TRADE AND MILITARY.
• ADAM SMITH WAS TO CAPITALISM, AS
KARL MARX WAS TO COMMUNISM.
• THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO STATE THAT
THE WORKING CLASS WAS EXPLOITED BY
CAPITALISM.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• SCHOLARS PUBLISHING NEW THEORIES
ABOUT ASTRONOMY EFFECTED THE
BEGINNING OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
IN 16TH CENTURY EUROPE.
• QUEEN VICTORIA’S REIGN OF 63 YEARS WAS
THE LONGEST OF ANY OTHER BRITISH
MONARCH AND FEMALE MONARCH IN
HISTORY.
• THE NAVAL POWER OF THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN
CONTROL OF THE EMPIRE DURING THE 18TH
/19TH CENTURIES.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• ROBERT OWEN, CHARLES FOURIER AND
SAINT-SIMON WERE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALISM.
• THE EUROPEAN COLONIZATION OF
AFRICA IMPROVED LITERACY AND LIFE
EXPECTANCY OF THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA.
• THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914 EXTENDED
INTO ALL OF THE INHABITED CONTINENTS
OF THE WORLD.
SCIENTIFIC AND
ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
• INDIA WAS CONSIDERED THE “BRIGHTEST
JEWEL IN THE CROWN” OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.