What Are The Causes Of The Industrial Revolution Dbq
The Industrial Revolution started in England because of the extravagant amount of water sources and the country had, it also had a large amount of wool. The changes in farming and the many inventions that were made and the scientific thought put into the inventions greatly impacted the process of industrialization. Having a large amount of water aloud for more factories because they machines in the factories ran on water power. As for wool, farmers went from planting crops to living in the city working in a factory. This change occurred because the people who actually owned the land told the farmers to leave the land because the real owners wanted to raise sheep for wool. Inventions were a big part of the success of the industrialization. The inventions of new machines allowed products to be made quicker which initialed more goods to be bought and traded. Most of England’s canals were near the center and southwest part of the country, according to Document One of DBQ 12: The Industrial Revolution: Beginnings. As George Warner says in Landmarks in English Industrial History “England…has been fortunate in possessing the natural conditions necessary to success…that her harbors are plentiful, that she is not ill-off for rivers, and that no part of the country is farther than
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According to Document Two of the DBQ “People left other occupations and came to spinning for the sake of high wages.” Some people left was the farming business not only because of the high wages but because of how the demand for wool drove the owners of the land to make the farmers leave so they would have land to raise sheep on. George Warner in Landmarks in English Industrial History also said “that her sheep give the best wool” meaning England had the greatest supply of wool during this time
According to Document Two of the DBQ “People left other occupations and came to spinning for the sake of high wages.” Some people left was the farming business not only because of the high wages but because of how the demand for wool drove the owners of the land to make the farmers leave so they would have land to raise sheep on. George Warner in Landmarks in English Industrial History also said “that her sheep give the best wool” meaning England had the greatest supply of wool during this time