The Impact Of The Second Industrial Revolution On Europe

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This is why at first that the industrial revolution just started in the textiles industry with machines that where able to produce such items as clothing very cheaply. Great Britain had sole control over the market with its supply of raw materials, and the new technology. However as communication increase it spread across to continental Europe as well as other industries, besides textiles. By the year 1850 the rest of Europe began to follow Great Britain in industrialization however they could not compete. In order to compete with Britain European countries were forced to placed high tariffs on British goods in order to protect their own industries. Britain could not undersell in Europe.
It dramatically changes the practices of agriculture. With many farmers leaving the countryside for jobs in the factories there were less farmers cultivating the land. This was not a problem due to the new technology which used, the application of energy obtain from inorganic materials to ...

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by the new medical discoveries, however it was due to the need of raw materials that forced Europeans to look elsewhere.
One of the places they looked was Africa. During the previous era of imperialism Africa was unconquerable by Europeans due to diseases like that of Malaria in which Europeans were susceptible to. This was the opposite of the other areas in which were targets of the first stage of imperialism like that of the Americas, where it was the natives whom where killed by European disease. The development of quinine opened up Africa. Quinine was a medical advancement in which protected Europeans from Malaria. Africa was very attractive to the Europeans due to its rich supply ...

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