What is Industrialisation?
• Industrialisation is a social and economical development of industry on an
large scale, based on the increased production of goods and services. It is
the process of moving from people making their own things, to use of
factories.
• Between 1750 and 1850 the U.K experienced the first industrial
revolution. There were factories for textile production, steam power and
iron making.
Why was industrialisation important during
the making of the modern world?
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It enhanced agriculture
Provided jobs to more people
It was a turning point in the development of larger cities
Advances in the Textile and Technology industries
Three Facts About Industrialisation
‒ Industrial Revolution was caused by people trying to find
ways to increase production of food and goods.
‒ In the Industrial Revolution time period, miners used child
labour as one of the main ways to get coal in small places.
‒ Many inventions were made in the era of the Industrial
Revolution. Some examples are:
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Shampoo (Sake Dean Mahomet of Bengal)
Steamboat (Claude de Jouffroy)
Hot air balloon (Montgolfier brothers)
Vaccination (Edward Jenner)
Kaleidoscope (David Brewster)
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