Why Britain?
This natural resource, abundant in Great Britain, became the main fuel for factories and steam engines.
What is coal?
This revolution improved farming tools and techniques in the 1700s.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
This invention was first used to pump water out of coal mines.
What is the steam engine?
This raw material was shipped from British colonies to textile factories.
What is cotton?
The largest migration of the Industrial Age was from rural areas to these places.
What are cities?
Great Britain’s many gently flowing rivers were important because they provided this for early factories.
What is water power (energy)?
New farming methods increased food production, which led to this major population change.
What is population growth?
Thomas Newcomen built an early steam engine, but this inventor improved it later.
Who is James Watt?
Finished British goods were sold back to colonies, creating this economic benefit.
What is profit (or wealth)?
Historians use these two terms to explain why people migrate.
What are push and pull factors?
Britain’s irregular coastline helped create these, making overseas trade easier.
What are natural harbors?
Fewer farm jobs caused many rural workers to do this.
What is migrate to cities?
Steam engines replaced this earlier factory power source.
What are water wheels?
Britain’s colonies were located in North America, Africa, and this region.
What is South Asia?
Between 1850 and 1914, millions of Europeans migrated to this region.
What are the Americas?
Britain’s location near Europe and across the Atlantic made it a leader in this economic activity.
What is overseas (global) trade?
The Agricultural Revolution supported industrialization by providing factory workers, capital, and this.
What is food for growing urban populations?
Attaching steam engines to textile machines caused work to shift from homes to these places.
What are factories?
Colonial trade helped fuel industrial growth by supplying raw materials and this.
What are markets for manufactured goods?
Many Asians migrated to Southeast Asia under contracts that closely resembled this system.
What is indentured labor?
This geographic advantage allowed raw materials to be imported easily and finished goods exported efficiently.
What is Britain being surrounded by major waterways?
Some historians argue this phenomenon needs to occur before an Industrial Revolution.
What is an Agricultural Revolution?
Steam technology revolutionized both industry and this system of movement.
What is transportation (railroads and steamships)?
Industrial sugar production expanded to Southeast Asia after this labor system declined in the Caribbean.
What is slavery (or the Atlantic slave trade)?
Laws based on racism limited migration from Asia to the Americas; these were known as this.
What are exclusion acts?