The development of new technologies like the steam engine and the internal combustion engine allowed for an increase of power by burning fossil fuels. The use of both coal and oil greatly increased the power supply of common societies. This brought about factories powered by these engines. Textile factories were especially common during the start of the Industrial Revolution. James Watt's steam engine was used in other industries as well like in steam locomotives and ships.
Another cause of the Industrial Revolution was Capitalistic idea, for it were capitalists that gave us ideas like the steam engine. Capitalistic merchants carried and traded the raw materials that factories needed to stay in business. The "bosses" of these factories and merchant businesses used their capitalistic ideas to increase efficiency as well. The "leisure preference" caused employees to be payed based off of what they produced. This type of thinking is another cause of the Industrial Revolution.
Individual ideas also fueled the Industrial Revolution. This explains why the Industrial Revolution started in some areas but not others. The scientific knowledge of individual areas is what gave people the platform to base their ideas off of. Some countries did not posses the knowledge to participate in the Industrial Revolution. This scientific knowledge also allowed for the creation of the new machinery that also helped to begin the Industrial Revolution.
Example of a factory during the Industrial Revolution
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"History of Technology and Work." History of Technology and Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.
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