The Industrial
Revolution in
Scotland 4
What was the difference between
Scotland's and England's Industrial .
Revolution, and do you think
historians are always accurate and
without opinion?
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Turn to the person on your right
and discuss.THE SCOTTISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
« Pre-industrialization,
Scotland was an
agricultural nation.
Farming was the main
employment in
the Highlands and
Island
* Work was 'cottage-based',
* Small-scale production, often &
operated out of their home
THE SCOTTISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Post-industrialization (1790s), Scotland's leading
industry became cotton production.
After the loss of cotton supplies from America during
the American Civil War (1861), Scotland diversified to
engineering.
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Today, the Scottish I R05 Queen Mary &
Industrial Revolution is ca
known for their shipbuilding,
locomotive construction, and
steel.« James Watt: the steam engine*
¢ William Murdoch: gas lighting
« James Young: paraffin oil
Lord Kelvin: science of
thermodynamics and
the Kelvin scale
« John Boyd Dunlop: modern tire
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