INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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He was the first person to identify the laws of supply and demand.
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His efforts at reform led to the abolition of child labor in Britain.
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He was the first to explain the workings of the free enterprise system.
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His work on the steam engine allowed steam to power factory machinery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Watt’s improvements made the steam engine much more efficient. Soon, steam power was being used in textile mills.
Detailed explanation-2: -The steam engine turned the wheels of mechanized factory production. Its emergence freed manufacturers from the need to locate their factories on or near sources of water power. Large enterprises began to concentrate in rapidly growing industrial cities.
Detailed explanation-3: -James Watt, (born January 19, 1736, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland-died August 25, 1819, Heathfield Hall, near Birmingham, Warwick, England), Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.