Industrial Revolution

Three factors influence the Industrial revolution, these factors include :a population boom: a canal boom: and policies of the government of parliament. The revolution first occurred in Britain and later spread throughout the world. Cotton also had a prevalent influence on the revolution, these influences are demonstrated in the Cottage Industries. The Industrial revolution created a major energy crisis which was solved by James Watt. During the revolution the first locomotive (the Rocket) was invented by George Stephenson, this invention greatly impacted the transportation of goods, which in turn had a large impact on the market and economy in Britain. The Industrial revolution, therefore, directly impacted the main transportation system of …show more content…
The first locomotive, the Rocket, moved at a pace of 16 miles per hour (mph) and was the first machine to run itself. The entire island of Britain was then connected by uniform train tracks. Trains made it easy for people to trade and sell their goods and products with people outside of their towns, which was unable to happen previously. Shipping was now made regular and certain which had a drastic impact on the economy of Britain. Before the railroad system it could take upwards of six weeks for an item to be delivered. Now items could be tracked down to the hour. This allowed businessmen to trade with people outside of their time, which was previously unavailable. The increase of the economy was then enough to stimulate a middle class. The middle class was created from the influence that the train had on the economy. Before the middle class was invented there was only a lower and higher class. The lower class consisted of the poor people while the upper class consisted of Aristocrats (people who were banker, lawyers, and merchants). Now, people were able to take vacations (the middle class was also known as the class that takes vacations). The middle class people took vacations primarily on the coastlines of Britain, this influenced the coastal residence to begin to start selling goods to the middle class vacationers). Britain was then consumed in a competition of wealth (the middle class …show more content…
The population boom resulted in the canal boom, which was followed by the new policies of parliament. The new policies of parliament influenced the Cottage Industry, which resulted in the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame, which was followed by the perfection of the steam engine, which caused an increase infrastructure, the increase infrastructure resulted in the invention of the locomotive, which in turn positively affected the economic state of Britain, this increase of the economy created a middle class, and the downside of the revolution was that it increased poverty and greed throughout all of