2006-06-21 11:38:48 · 12 answers · asked by Kevin S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The question is actually . An Industrial revolution cannot just happen anywhere or anytime. Eplain? What are the conditions which must exist for and I.R. to occur.
2006-06-21 11:50:47 · update #1
Machines.
What else ya wanna know?
2006-06-21 11:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An "Industrial Revolution" is a process of change from an agrarian, handicraft based economy to an economy of industry and manufacturing. This process began in England in the 1700s. The term Industrial Revolution was first used by Arnold Toynbee to describe England's economic development in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; however, an Industrial Revolution can happen to any agrarian society if the socio-economic conditions are right.
2006-06-28 11:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Gigi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New inventions by entrepeneurs led the way. But the people who set out to invent better ways of making things would not have been motivated to do if there were not a demand for products. The larger demand came from a steady rise in population and fortunes. The industrial revolution actually began in England but the US quickly took the ball and ran with it.
2006-06-21 11:46:23 · answer #3 · answered by PDY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the main cause of the American Industrial Revolution was the European Industrial Revolution.
2006-06-21 11:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a combination of economics and innovation. Companies figured out that it was cheaper to centralize production and pool labor, so they started building machines. This, in turn, inspired people to invent faster and better machines. This lowered the cost of production even further, creating new jobs in industrialized areas. This spawned urbanization.
2006-06-21 15:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it was a natural progression of a nation with an incredibly cheap labor force with the freedom of movement fueled by 17th century advances in Mathematics, Transportation and Goverment.
2006-06-21 16:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the American desire to improve. Americans developed easier, smarter ways to do things. Factories are a good example. Steam plants were made to power things which were one of the first "factories" contributing to the revolution. From there we became smarter and more aware which helped us improve and continues to help us improve.
2006-06-21 11:45:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if I remember history correctly....it was the cotton gin. It sparked innovation and efficiency. The south relied on cotton and plantations and such, and the north didn't have the right soil for that...so they needed something to sustain themselves on. I think.
2006-06-21 11:47:44 · answer #8 · answered by Tiffany C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steam engine
2006-06-26 10:38:10 · answer #9 · answered by eddie9551 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this for history class?
The conveyor belt, or mass production, machine's
Look it up. Encarda
2006-06-21 11:41:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋