https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev What was it? en-us 2018-03-06 16:05:30 UTC 2018-03-06 16:20:01 UTC hello@padlet.com elizabethblais_bennett2021 https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev/wish/238701773 The Industrial Revolution is the reason why we have all of the technology we have today. New technology was created that ended up causing work to be easier for everyone. It also caused farmers and merchants to switch jobs and work in factories instead of at their property. Cities developed and the population skyrocketed.]]> 2018-03-06 16:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev/wish/238701773 elizabethblais_bennett2021 https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev/wish/238702238 It started in Britain in the 1760s and lasted until the 1850s, but it eventually spread to places like America.]]> 2018-03-06 16:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev/wish/238702238 elizabethblais_bennett2021 https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev/wish/238702955 There are many reasons why it started in Britain first and not anywhere else:

 1. There was a shortage of wood and an abundance of coal, and because of that a new way to use coal instead of wood needed to be discovered.
 2. Capitalism was on the rise and the Factory system that the Revolution introduced favored the Capital.
 3. Cheap cotton was being produced by slaves.
 4. There were high literacy rates.
5. There were valuable immigrants.]]> 2018-03-06 16:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethblais_bennett2021/industrialrev/wish/238702955