King Cotton

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King Cotton
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• Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the
  seeds of the cotton plant.

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Raw cotton came from
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The U.S.A
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The West Indies
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• to
• Britain

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Advantages of cotton

• Cotton clothing was lighter and softer to wear
  than wool.
• It could be washed more easily and so was more
  hygienic.

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Prices of cotton

• At first, cotton was expensive.
• By the late eighteenth century supplies of cotton
  were increasing.
• The price was falling because it was produced by
  slave labour in the West Indies and the USA.
• The availability of this cheap cotton brought
  great benefits to the British cotton industry.

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The Cotton Industry

• was the major textile industry in Britain by
  1812.
• produced great prosperity.
• employed thousands of people.
• was also a very important export.
• was the first to be industrialised.

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The Cotton Industry

• Lancashire was the centre of the cotton industry.
• The cotton trade with the USA made Liverpool
  Britains busiest port.
• Britain was the only country that was
  mass-producing manufactured cotton goods.
• They were exported all over the world.

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Bibliography

• Text adapted from
• SMITH, Nigel The Industrial Revolution, Serie
  Events and Outcomes, Evans, 2002, pages 10-15.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton
• Photos taken from internet
• http//www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/mississippi_c
  otton_large.jpg
• http//www.map-of-usa.co.uk/images/usa-politcal-ma
  p.jpg
• http//www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking20by20Country
  /caribbeanCountrymap.gif
• http//www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/images/britain-po
  litcal-map.jpg
• http//www.serenitypillows.com/media/cotton_plant2
  .jpg

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Llicència C 2006-2007