History · KS3 Y9 · Interpretations & Significance

Causation essays

Causation essaysFree6:20Heddy Score 3 of 7, below the standard
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What you need to know

  • Historians still argue about why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain rather than elsewhere.
  • Explanations based on European cultural superiority do not hold up, because China and India had similar advantages.
  • Britain had cheap coal close to the surface, and steam engines built to drain mines made that coal even cheaper.
  • British wages were among the highest in the world, so machines that replaced workers saved factory owners money.
  • Demand for cheap Indian cotton cloth encouraged British manufacturers to mechanise so they could compete.

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Runs 6:20, from 4:07 to 10:27 of the full video.

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Models a causation argument by weighing several explanations and arguing for coal and high wages as the most convincing.

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