Bradford before the Industrial Revolution

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Bradford before the Industrial Revolution

• Clare Anderson
• 30.11.01

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Introduction

• This presentation will tell you about what
  Bradford was like before the industrial
  revolution and how it changed from being a very
  undeveloped town to an industrial city. The
  richer people of Bradford used to have more power
  than working class people. They believed that
  there was a big difference between them and
  people who had to work to survive.

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Bradford before the Industrial Revolution

• Very poor living conditions for wool combers,
  these conditions included no sewage control
• The average death for people was fourteen years
  old.
• The population was rising and it was becoming
  harder to keep up with the demand for produce
• Wage prices were decreasing rapidly
• Children were unhealthy and prone to diseases

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• People received no education as they had to earn
  an income
• Transport is not very effective and has an
  limited cargo space
• People were having to rely on the government for
  necessities
• There was no sewage systems of any sort as
  people couldnt afford to pay for them
• Trade was limited to the surrounding area where
  the produce was made, as transport couldnt carry
  much in a load

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Why people think the industrial revolution
happened when it did

• .Because the population was growing
• .Because Britain had plenty of raw materials
• .Because Britains farmers grew more food
• .Because Britains Empire and overseas trade was
  growing
• .Because Britains transport was improved
• .Because there were new ideas and new inventions

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• There are many reasons suggesting why the
  industrial revolution happened there are
  contradicting evidence suggesting that these were
  and werent the reasons.

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Disease

• Disease was a common accurance among people in
  the in Bradford. As people were inhabited very
  closely to one and other disease was spread very
  quickly. It became very hard for a family to
  survive if they didnt have income and many died

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Transport

• Transport at the time before the industrial
  revolution was very limiting it many consisted of
  a horse and cart. The main problems with this was
  that this transport could only travel a very
  short distance and then the horse needed time to
  rest. They also were unable to carry a large
  amount or a very amount which made trade with
  places other than the land surrounding where the
  produce was made an impossibility. Which meant
  that the the workers couldnt earn the maximum
  amount of pay in which they would earn if the
  transport was able to be moved further distances.
  

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The Machines

• The machines were the main items which
  happened in the industrial revolution. They
  helped massively in developing Bradford and the
  surrounding areas. They were useful for many
  things such as
• Transport
• Factories
• Lifting heavy items which would otherwise have
  been impossible

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• Other than the many good aspects there was also
  many bad points. Although the machines made the
  employers of the factories richer because they
  could make twice the amount of produce the
  workers did in half the time it put many workers
  out of work because the factories no longer
  needed them. The workers were already poor and
  the sudden blow to their income made surviving
  almost impossible however the workers which were
  allowed to stay in the factories got a sudden pay
  increase because the factories were able to make
  more produce and were able to transport it
  further than they ever could before.