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Industrialization: Government’s Role from 1750 to 1900 CE

Driving Question: How did the economic strategies of different states and empires shape their development and impact the world?

While the Industrial Revolution started in the late eighteenth century, not all societies industrialized at once. All around the world, different factors, such as access to resources and colonialism, helped some societies to industrialize faster and more efficiently than others. In this lesson, you will compare two societies that began the process of industrialization in the late nineteenth century.

Learning Objective

  1. Assess the scale of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on various regions of the world.
  2. Explain the causes and effects of the economic strategies of different states and empires.

Vocab Terms:

  • debt
  • deindustrialization
  • export
  • Industrial Revolution
  • manufacturing
  • reform
  • tariff
STEP 2

Meiji Restoration: Japan’s Industrial Revolution

How did Japan develop into a major world power over the course of 25 years? The answer partially lies with American warships.

STEP 3

Muhammad Ali: Egypt’s Industrial Revolution

Egypt had cotton and the beginnings of an industrialized economy. So why did their industrialization fail?

STEP 4

Graphic Biography: Iwasaki Yatarō

Have you ever heard of a rags to riches story? Someone works their way from a lower economic rung to a higher economic position. In the example of Iwasaki Yatarō, an ordinary samurai went on to become the head of one of the largest corporations on Earth.

STEP 5

Closer: Industrialization: Government’s Role

Although industrialization affected many countries at approximately the same time, the way it affected those countries varied. You will examine Egypt and Japan to analyze the different ways industrialization affected nations.