What Factors Contributed To Industrialisation

In a world where we are faced with unpredictable weather conditions due climate change and with the continuous development in our technological processes, imagine having to be stuck in an agrarian society. This essay aims to show that the rise of wealth during exploration and trade created optimal conditions for industrialisation to occur. This will be done by firstly discussing the concept industrialisation followed by the discussion of exploration and trade, as well as other factors that contributed towards industrialisation of the world.

Industrialisation is defined as the development of industries in a country on a wide scale (Oxford Dictionaries,2017). A detailed definition states that industrialisation is when the economy transforms

Exploration and trade contributed as complementary events towards industrialisation. In the past, people never used anything that was produced outside their communities, not by choice but by the state of the economy. There were a lot of limitations as economies relied on what they could produce. The Europeans made discoveries of certain important and useful tools on their ships that helped make trading easier as well as exploring other trade destinations. Developments in cartography provided greatly improved maps and charts (Cameron,1993:100). The most common things that were traded which increased the wealth of countries which then led to industrial revolution was coal, pottery, textiles and

Pollution that comes from it has caused quite a strain in the environment but with the help of technology there has been a development of tools that can be used to remove these pollutants from the economy. Labour unions were formed as workers were not protected. This led to some empowerment.

Trying to pin down one reason for industrialisation without overflowing to the next factor is almost impossible. It was all a chain reaction. The discoveries made by the Europeans led to more opportunities to trade, which then led to an increase in demand, not only the demand of exporting goods but labour too. As more people got employed and population grew, the education was bettered through technology.

In conclusion, the world’s population keeps growing and the technology is growing as fast. Considering all the positive impacts mentioned about industrialisation, it is important that the same factors that led to industrialisation should keep finding a balance between prosperity and the economy. We continue to witness imbalances in the climate and the overwhelming depletion of the natural resources. As much as industrialisation provides civilisation, one can’t eat the