USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most historians place the origin of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the middle decades of the 18th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -An icon of the Industrial Revolution broke onto the scene in the early 1700s, when Thomas Newcomen designed the prototype for the first modern steam engine. Called the “atmospheric steam engine, ” Newcomen’s invention was originally applied to power the machines used to pump water out of mine shafts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution The modern factory owes its origins to the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright’s inventions were first put into industrial-scale production. Further factories followed, first in the Derwent Valley, and soon all over the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rapid industrialisation first began in Britain, starting with mechanized textiles spinning in the 1780s, with high rates of growth in steam power and iron production occurring after 1800.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some of the main reasons for the Industrial Revolution to begin in England are: It had banks of raw materials from its colonies under the British crown. It had a well developed banking system that encouraged the wealthy to invest in infrastructure and anyone who wanted to run their own business.