Throughout 19th century, people immigrated to England for a better life and the fiery spirit of innovation. “The Industrial Revolution was another one of those extraordinary jumps in the story of civilization”- Stephen Gardiner. What if those inspiring inventions never came to be, that everything is repeating and no innovation of anything whatsoever. Men such as James Kay and James Hargreaves invented everyday machines used to make life easier for many people. The industrial revolution started in England because People went there for a better and improved life.
England has all the necessary minerals and resources to become a powerful country and to be one to start a new era. According to the data in document 1, their resources consist of coal, iron, lead, tin, wool, and cotton. The materials they used to start a revolution. As seen in document 4, George Warner tells of England being, “Rich” and that the “harbors are plentiful”. England had the necessary resources to give people a new life.
Families in other countries at the time were suffering of slavery, poverty and wanted religious freedom and so they came over to start a new life. As people came over, so did their ideas. Jethro tull, Robturt blakewell and Cyrus McCormick, were inventors that helped shape the agricultural lifestyle of England, (Document 7). Those inventors made machines such as the horse drawn seen drill that planted seeds in straight rows, stock breeding which improved the quality of animals to produce more meat, wool and milk. And finally the mechanical reaper helped farmers harvest grain easier.