HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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In the 1800´s. Great Britain textile factories made more than half of the world´s cotton cloth
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It was able to successfully bring the United States back into its territories after their War of 1812 victory.
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Great Britain was able to create the Picadilly Circus, the world´s most important trading post
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Tottenham Hotspur was able to defeat Manchester United in the world´s first football´s match.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British textile industry was created because of the demand for clothing. As the population increased, the supply could not meet the existing market. This led to inventions that rapidly increased production and made it possible to meet demand.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British textile industry drove the Industrial Revolution, triggering advancements in technology, stimulating the coal and iron industries, boosting raw material imports, and improving transportation, which made Britain the global leader of industrialization, trade, and scientific innovation.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a result it was in cotton production that the industrial revolution began, particularly in and around Manchester. The cotton used was mostly imported from slave plantations. Slavery provided the raw material for industrial change and growth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cotton was a main raw material of the industrial revolution. Its strong fibres were uniquely suited to the hard mechanical treatment in the spinning machinery. The fibre was cultivated in the colonies in India and the Middle East and in the USA, where until 1860 it was produced largely by slave labour.