First Industrial Revolution (Britain)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:effect gptkb:urban_development
environmental pollution
child labor
improved transportation
population growth
rise of factory system
rise of middle class
gptkbp:endDate mid 19th century
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Second_Industrial_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Industrial Revolution (Britain)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Britain
gptkbp:mainIndustry gptkb:coal
iron
textiles
steam power
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Combination_Acts
gptkb:Mines_Act
gptkb:Factory_Acts
gptkb:Poor_Law_Amendment_Act
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:Glasgow
gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:London
gptkb:Manchester
gptkbp:notableInvention gptkb:steam_locomotive
power loom
spinning jenny
cotton
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:James_Watt
gptkb:Abraham_Darby
gptkb:George_Stephenson
gptkb:Richard_Arkwright
gptkb:Samuel_Crompton
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:The_Wealth_of_Nations
gptkb:Report_of_the_Commissioners_on_Child_Labor
gptkb:The_Condition_of_the_Working_Class_in_England
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Agricultural_Revolution_(Britain)
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:urban_development
technological innovation
capitalism
factory system
mechanization
division of labor
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Chartist_movement
gptkb:Luddite_movement
gptkb:Enclosure_Acts
gptkbp:significance global impact
beginning of industrialization
major economic transformation
gptkbp:startDate late 18th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6