Where did the industrial revolution begin?

Question

Where did the industrial revolution begin?

Answer 1

In England, in the middle of the XVIII century.

Answer 2

Mike, you nailed it. The Industrial Revolution is generally considered to have begun in England when James Watt made the first really practical steam engine.

Answer 3

The Severn Valley in the County of Shropshire, England.

The development by Abraham Derby in Coalbrookdale c.1710, of the smelting of iron using coke and not charcoal was the trigger for the Industrial revolution.  From then on, vast quantities of iron could be made, as charcoal was a limited resource and coal (for making coke) was not.

Answer 4

Britain is the answer due to the expanding empire, the infra-structure and the english civil war that allowed the traders to become entrepreneurs and finish the monopoly of the aristocrates.

Answer 5

Arguable.  If you see powered machinery and the opening up of general consumer markets then certainly in England.  I live in Birmingham so I am biased and I can spell!!

Answer 6

depends how you look at it, the steam engine was created in Birmingham by James Watt, and that was the drive of the revolution, i would say there but i am a brummie so might be a bit biast.

Answer 7

Here in England the start of the Industrial Revolution is said to be Iron Bridge Gorge. . . .

http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/

Origins of the Industrial Revolution in England

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/le...

Steam Engines of the 18thC

http://www.btinternet.com/~historical.en...

The magnificent Mallard Steam Locomovite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wBVP1ar9...

Ghost at old cotton mill uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPPOJ-I2a...

Answer 8

England

then moved across Europe and to America

Answer 9

england