Britain's Industrial Revolution Quiz

The most dynamic industries in Britain during the first phase of industrialization were cotton and metals, with cotton leading the sector up to the 1840s and the iron and steel industry leading thereafter.

With the expansion of railways, the demand for iron and steel increased rapidly both in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s.

By 1873, Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £77 million, which was double the value of its cotton export.

<p>Even at the end of the nineteenth century, less than 20% of the total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At the end of the nineteenth century, a large portion of the textile output was produced not within factories, but outside, within domestic units.</p> Signup and view all the answers