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Chapter 9 Grade 9
Chapter 9 Grade 9
Chapter 9 Grade 9
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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the 1780s for
several reasons.
Improved farming methods increased the food supply, which
drove food prices down and gave families more money for
manufactured goods.
Britain had a ready supply of capitalmoney to investfor
industrial machines and factories.
Britain had abundant resources and a supply of markets, in part
because of its colonial empire.
In the eighteenth century Great Britain had surged ahead in the
production of cotton cloth. The two-step process of spinning
and weaving had been done by individuals in their homes, a
production method called cottage industry.
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION CAUSES INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION