Why Did The Industrial Revolution Start In Britain?

An explanation of why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain from an economic perspective.

#economics #industrialrevolution

[MarioStahl]

Well done! But you forgot something: The British domestic canal system. This allowed tons of goods to be transported quickly through large parts of the country even before steam locomotives were developed. Many relatively mordern factories (powered by water mills) were already well established and its owners had already become wealthy. In the early years of the steam engine factories were NOT NEWLY BUILT but EXISTING factories were made faster and more productive. This has ALREADY created enormous wealth among factory owners. So, when James Watt's steam engine came up they had the necessary capital to actually order and install one in their factories and mines. Other countries (like Prussia) also knew about the steam engine technology (mostly through successful espionage). They even had precise plans of the original Watt steam engine as ealry as the 1780s. But they just didn't have the infrastructure that is necessary to take full advantage of steam engines. The success of a revolutionary new invention also strongly depends on the existing infrastructure.

[someguy]

Great video, I'm glad you mentioned how the use of steam engines in Britain lead to improvements in efficiency that made them more practical in regions with less cheaply exploitable coal reserves, making it possible for industrialisation to spread beyond the British Isles. Details like that are often left out of educational sources.

[wattage-ukzt]

James Watt's invention of the world's first PRACTICAL High Pressure Steam Engine in not very rich Scotland was the one and only cause of the Industrial Revolution. Watt dumped Newcomen's Atmospheric Power and Arkwright's Water Power for High Pressure Steam Power.
Now power wasn't confined to a few Water-Wheel driven factories in out of the way locations.
With High Pressure Steam Powered Engines, Factories could multiply like bunnies and be set up anywhere they were wanted.
And that was just the start!

[BallyBoy]

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[Walter-wv]

It was a Power Revolution!
James Watt's Invention of the world's first PRACTICAL High Pressure Steam Powered Engine.

[chrisvernon]

The steam engine was borne out of the Cornish tin and copper mines which had been in existence since the Bronze age. Also, the key to English prosperity was trade, and this had to be protected by the Royal Navy. Creating the Royal Navy, as documented by Samuel Pepys (diaries 1660 to 1669), was the greatest industrial enterprise the world had seen up to that point. Then in 1761, HMS Alarm was sheathed in copper (below the waterline) sparking the world's single largest demand for one metal ever seen, and the rise of Swansea. However, I have never seen any historian link the rise in strength of the Royal Navy to the origins of the industrial revolution. Obviously, the change from smelting of iron by charcoal to smelting by coke in 1709 by Abraham Darby 1 in Coalbrookdale, Staffordshire, can be identified as the signature event. Then there is the rise of a national transportation system in the form of the canals (over 150 are listed in Wikepedia), half of which were opened in the 1700s. All this was possible due to the increase of farming productivity due to the British Agricultural Revolution started in the 1600s which meant that more food was produced with less labour, permitting labour to migrate to industry, firstly to the water powered valleys and then to the coalfields. Two reasons for the industrial revolution starting in Britain first? No, many, and all operating under a stable government and common law system.

[Walter-wv]

In Britain from 1800 to 1900.
20, 000 Waterwheels declined in number.
Windmills declined in number.
The Englishman Thomas Newcomen's 1500 Atmospheric Pumps disappeared.
The Scotsman James Watt's 500 Steam Engines and their descendants increased in number to 10, 000, 000 !!!
For every SINGLE Waterwheel in 1800 we now had an additional 500 Steam Engines in 1900.
That's an increase in the Power output of the whole country by between 400 and 500 times!!
A percentage increase of between 40, 000 % and 50, 000 % !!
I was surprised myself when I saw these numbers!
And all due to James Watt's Invention of the world's first PRACTICAL Steam Powered Engine. An engine that had never existed before. All those other so-called " Industrial Revolutions " couldn't come anywhere near that.
It was a Power Industrial Revolution!
Take away James Watt's Steam Power and you don't get an Industrial Revolution!

[firefox]

The reasons:
1. They had no wood left
(ships and heating)
2. Coal was available
3. Coal soon needed to be mined deeper, thus steam pumps were needed

[nnehal-esgd]

Hats up to you. This video was really effective and helpful to me and I really liked your accent. One thing your video lacked is having subtitles. Everything else is great. Keep it up!

[yamahaU]

Wait a minute? UK had the most expensive labour in 18 century? I thought it was a period of the most appalling labour exploitation.

[Lien]

Very helpful as a place to start before taking a deeper dive into the different points you're bringing up. That's also a cool accent you got there.

[Niko]

You have the thickest Swedish accent I have ever heard.

[prof.dr.]

The British never talked about the source of finance that made the industrial revolution possible. Also, who provided the market, as the industrial revolution was not self-sustaining.
The answer was India, particularly Bengal, which the British want to hide. Bengal was occupied, in practice, by the British, in 1757. Industrial Revolution started in 1760.

[dianheffernan]

Because it was far enough they probably thought they could contain chemicals and such?

[teaganmaillet]

Why does he sound like Gru from despicable me

[Kylem]

Britain and British is NOT interchangeably English. England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom. To interchangeably use England and Britain as if it was the same thing negates the significance and presence of the (modern day) UK’s constituent countries. Of course back then (before) it was the Kingdom of Great Britain, but this was the Act of Union between England and Scotland. Ireland of course got its formal recognition in 1801 before partial succession in 1922. Wales well, complicated but formally got its recognition by 2006, but distinct politics (as it was annexed by England, technically) developed in the 19th century.

[SamiNami]

Did they have a international trading network, or international slave network?

[eliasGreeka]

🇪🇺eu athens city
🇬🇷god choose england for this
As he choose jews for spirit light...
Nobody know gods will
🇪🇺🇬🇷🇪🇺🇬🇷🇬🇧🙏🙏🙏..

[pedrocavalcante]

Why did the British destroy productive forces in India to get ahead in their Industrial Revolution?

[Citizen-vuqv]

I find this voice annoying but the rest is okay