Bains: Britain's Industrial Advantages and the Factory System
3 important resources for industry:
1. Water power: mills, cleaning, transportation, and chemical processes
2. Fuel (coal): steam engines and heat
3. Iron: for cheaper machinery
Lancashire is a successful town which has all of these
-transportation to the ocean, cannals to connect to inland resources, new railways
Enland's Advantages
1. Commercial position
2. Command of the seas
3. Temperate climate and hardy people
4. Political and economic freedom
5. Accumulation of Capital
6. Acceptance of experts of different religion from other countries
7. Wars in other countries gave England a head start
Cotton manufacturing
1. used to be in homes
2. New Machines required more room, powere and maintanance
3. Multiple steps in one place gave greater efficiency and control
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