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The Age of Industrialisation

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 10 · Social Science

Summary of The Age of Industrialisation for Madhya Pradesh Board Class 10 Social Science. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.

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Overview

Industrialisation changed production, work, trade, and everyday life. The chapter shows that modern industry did not begin with factories alone. Before factory production, there was proto-industrialisation, in which merchants organised work in the countryside for international markets. Britain becam

Key Concepts

Large

Large-scale industrial production for an international market before factories became dominant. Work was done mainly in villages and homes under merch

A system in which costly machines

A system in which costly machines and production processes were brought together under one roof and managed centrally.

The first dynamic sector of British

The first dynamic sector of British industrialisation. Cotton raw material imports rose sharply, and cotton remained the leading sector up to the 1840

James Watt improved the steam engine

James Watt improved the steam engine and patented it in 1781. Early steam engines were few in number and spread slowly.

This sector led industrial growth

This sector led industrial growth in Britain after the 1840s and became more important than cotton in exports.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand proto-industrialisation and the rise of factory production in England.
  • Explain why cotton was the leading industry in the early phase of British industrialisation.
  • Describe the slow spread of machines, steam power, and industrial change in Britain.
  • Analyse the impact of British industrial goods and Company policies on Indian weavers.
  • Identify the growth of factories in India and the role of Indian and European business groups.

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