What were the causes of the industrial revolution? What factors caused industrialization to take hold in some places and not others? 1. The Making of the Modern Age 2nd Ed., A. Haberman, Gage EPC Toronto, ON Canada 1986 2. The Industrial Revolution., S. Ross, Franklin Watts, Dunbury, CT 2001 Britain -changed occurred between 1750 and 1830 -used wood for heat instead of coal, left w/ large deposits of coal to fuel new ideas -steam power, no longer the need to work …showed first 75 words of 387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 387 total…output in 1914 doubled Britain's output -"reasonable loans available from a national bank, German industry began to expand." (Haberman P.91) Russia -1860s Russia was still an agricultural country, peasant farmers and small family workshops France -nation was deep in debt -financed Seven Years War and the Revolutionary War -Franc was unstable due to many changed in Gov't, unlike the stable British pound -Banking sector was underdeveloped, unstable currency, huge money owed to other countries