The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

The industrial revolution in Britain started with the steam engine and other innovations in engineering and manufacturing, leading many to urbanize and work long, dangerous hours in factories. With the rise of industrialization in Great Britain, a wealth divide between the low, middle and upper classes emerged. Follow us on social media: #Biography Today&Daily Dose short history film covers the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, which forever transformed British culture and landscape. The filmmaker has included the original voice over script to further assist your understanding: Today on The Daily Dose, The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. Thanks to Thomas Newcomen’s prototype steam engine designed in the early 1700s—later to be improved upon by Scottish engineer James Watt with the addition of a separate water condenser—the First Industrial Revolution in Great Britain exploded in the 1830s and 40s, in a way that transformed British life and landscape forever. Britain’s damp climate made it an ideal haven for raising sheep, and when innovations like the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, and the power loom came on the scene, weaving cloth and spinning yarn became much easier and faster than the pre-revolution cottage industry that required dedicated artisans. In response, some British weavers known as Luddites, grew fearful that unskilled machine operators would soon threaten their livelihoods, inspiring them to break into textile factories with the...