2. Our Objective: Before you leave here today You will e able to explain why England was the first country to industrialize Make the transition from farms to factories
3. Here is England Find England on your map Draw a factory over it Include the #1
4. So why was England the first country To make the transition from farms to factories?
6. Reason 2 Better food means that people are healthier So the population increased Enclosure movement Nobles start fencing off the land and kicking peasants off the land Where do the peasants go?
7. Exactly Right! They move to the cities Abundant labor force Can work in factories
8. Reason 3 England had plenty of Natural Resources Things that come from the earth (raw materials) Many Rivers Lots of Coal Lots of Iron
9. Reason 4 Freedom! Government did not interfere with Economy Inventers, Entrepreneurs and Capitalists Invest money New ideas
11. People who will buy you products! England’s population increased British ships could sail all over the world Deliver the products to sell them Lots of people willing to buy them
