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Complete the following notes. They will give you an outline of the information contained in the passage. The main points, relations of cause-effect, illustrations etc. are clearly indicated in the text by logical connectors. Look out for them. 

 

  • (par. 1) The Industrial Revolution caused the substitution of competition for the mediaeval regulation which had previously controlled the production and distribution of wealth. On this account it is not only one of the most important facts of English history but it

led to growth of two systems of thought:

 

1) Economic science                      2) Socialism

 

a) Adam Smith

b) Malthus

c) Ricardo

d) John Stuart Mill           

 

 

 • (par. 2-3) Facts of Industrial Revolution. 

1) growth of population

2) decline in the agricoltural population

 

 

  • (par. 4) Decrease in rural population.

Causes: 1) destruction of the common-field system of cultivation

2) enclosure, on a large scale, of common and waste lands

3) consolidation of small farms into large

  • (par. 5) Agricultural advance.

cause - more scientific approach:

e.g.  

Breed of cattle

 Rotation of crops

 Steam-plough

agricultural societies

  • (par. 6-7) Growth of industry.

causes;

1) mechanical inventions in textile industry

e.g.  

 spinning-jenny

 water-frame

 Crompton's mule

 Self-acting mule

most important:

steam engine

 power-loom

 

2) mechanical revolution in iron industry

e.g.  

 Invention of smelting by pit-coal

 Application of the steam-engine to blast furnaces

3) improved means of communication

e.g.  

 water-way

 Turnpike road

railroad

 

results:   1) change from independence to dependence

     2) substitution of factory system for domestic system.

 

  • (par. 8) Revolution in distribution of wealth:

rise in rents caused by

1) money invested in improvements

2) enclosure system

3) consolidation of farms

4) high price of corn


social changes in country life:

  • (par. 9) Social changes in manufacturing world:

consequences:

1) high prices

2) lost of commonrights

3) class conflict.

  • (par. 10) Misery of working people often caused by:

 

1) conditions of labour under the factory system

2) rise of prices

3) fluctuation of trade

 

Conclusion:The effects of the Industrial Revolution prove that free competition may produce wealth without producing well-being.