INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Inventors, landowners, and entrepreneurs adopted a more experimental approach to improving production.
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Merchants developed the “domestic system” for producing goods in people’s homes.
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Farmers learned how to predict weather conditions to increase their crop yields.
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Church leaders encouraged business owners to take more risks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did 17th and 18th century scientific advances in Europe MOST contribute to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution? Church leaders encouraged business owners to take more risks. Inventors, landowners, and entrepreneurs adopted a more experimental approach to improving production.
Detailed explanation-2: -The coal-fired steam engine was in many respects the decisive technology of the Industrial Revolution. Steam power was first applied to pump water out of coal mines.
Detailed explanation-3: -Entrepreneurs became the driving force behind the innovation that launched the first industrial revolution and those after. Their inventions ushered in the industrial age, often allowing companies to scale their production and become exponentially more efficient.