AP European History / Unit 6: Industrialization and Its Effects
6.1 Contextualizing Industrialization and Its Origins and Effects
Notes
Industrialization began in Britain (coal, iron, capital, colonies, labor from enclosure) around 1750 and spread. It transformed work, cities, class and politics.
Practice
Industrialization began in:
Mid-1700s.
A key resource for British industry:
Steam power.
Industrialization changed work by moving production:
Factory system.
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