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Why Britain first in Ind Rev?
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History
10th Grade
03/01/2010

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Term
Agricultural Changes
Definition
-Glorious Revolution
-Enclosure Acts
-encouraged Agricultural Revolution
Tull, Townsend, et al
-food production went up
-rural unemployment also went up -> labor moves to urban areas
-theory of W. W. Rostrow in The Stages of Economic Growth
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Markets
Definition
Domestic
Colonial
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Population
Definition
-skilled workers
-entrepreneurs
-inventors
-unskilled workers
Term
Natural Resources
Definition
-wood shortage
-discovery coal deposits
-iron ore
-good harbors
-natural waterways
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Government
Definition
-stable constitutional monarchy
-fair and light taxes (nobles paid too)
-sound money system(Bank of England 1694)
-competent administration in unified country
-sound legal system
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Other Factors
Definition
-island, insulated against rev changes and wars on continent
-colonial experiences -> expertise in trading and joint-stock companies
-govt pro science - Royal Academy in 1660
-Patent Laws
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