2nd Industrial Revolution (1780-1840) (1 Jan 1780 Jahr – 2 Feb 1840 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

the Take-off of the industrial revolution, especially for “King Cotton”, the primary engine of growth until the 1870s

Main products: Cotton and Sugar. Primary product for Industrial growth

Saw mechanization of textile industry (previously manufactured in the home) "Cottage industry)
Production could be increased on a large scale bc of new inventions (spinning mule, power loom)

Iron industry dvlped with Henry Bessemer's inexpensive process for mass-producing steel.
Iron + steel = key material for tools in machinery, steam engines, ships = needed industrial progress

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