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Study of the First British Industrial Revolution 英语10.1班 王影 Introduction The First Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late 18th century, with the mechanization of the textile industry. 18 century from the United Kingdom by technology revolution in the history of the technology is a great revolution, it started with the machine instead of manual tools era. This is not only a technological reform, but also a profound social changes. The revolution is the birth of the machine began to steam engine power as widely used as a sign. This time the technological revolution and the related transformation of social relations was known as the First Industrial Revolution . From the production technology ways, the First Industrial Revolution made Gong Chang Zhi replaced manual workshop, with machine replaced manual labor.From the social relations for, the First Industrial Revolution made attached to lag behind the means of production free class disappear, industrial bourgeoisie and proletariat industrial development up. 1.The Background to the First British Industrial Revolution Western Europe in the 15th and 16th cent, which led to a vast influx of precious metals from the New World, raising prices, stimulating industry, and fostering a money economy. Expansion of trade and the money economy stimulated the development of new institutions of finance and credit (see commercial revolution). The British First Industrial Revolution was a necessary result of the social development in British .The 1688 palace coup indicated the bourgeoisie holding an effective control of the state machine.The way to the establishment of capitalist relations of production was thus paved . The ground was prepared by the voyages of discovery from Western Europe in the 15th and 16th cent., which led to a vast influx of precious metals from the New World, raising prices, stimulating industry, and fostering a money economy. Expansion of trade and the money economy stimulated th