Question: What is Industrialization?

Answer: The process of developing machine production of goods.

Question: What was the Industrial Revolution?

Answer: A great increase in the output of machine made goods that began in England in the middle of the 1700s.

Question: What lead to the increased demands for goods? Why did the need for Industrialization increase?

Answer: Growing overseas trade, economic prosperity, and a climate for progress.

Question: Why did it begin in Britain?

Answer: The country had many natural resources, and the industrialization required them. Britain’s economy was also expanding, and people were encouraged by bank loans to invest in machinery.

Question: What were some of the natural resources in Britain and how were they put to use?

Answer: Water power and coal to fuel machines, iron ore to construct machines and buildings, rivers for transportation, and harbors to allow merchant ships to come and go.

Question: Where did it spread to after England?

Answer: Continental Europe and North America.

Question: How did the Agricultural Revolution begin?

Answer: Large landowners began buying up land that was owned by small farmers. They began to improve farming methods.

Question: What were Enclosures?

Answer: Fenced in areas of farmland that allowed farmers to cultivate much larger fields. They also could experiment and find more ways to be productive.

Question: What were the Factories used for?

Answer: They were built by wealthy textile merchants and were used to produce in mass.

Question: How did factories affect farming?

Answer: By the 1800s, you could earn more working in a factory than on a farm, so people flocked to cities for jobs. There were not enough jobs for everyone, so cities became crowded with people looking for work.