Industrial Revolution; overview
- The Industrial Revolution transitioned from hand production methods to machines. It is named a Revolution because it abolished a lot of the old manners of doing things with new and more modern methods. The min influence of the Industrial Revolution was that the living standards of the majority of people began to undertake a incessant growth
- The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the 1780s and spread to the rest of Europe and North America over the next decades. However, it was not fully felt until the 1830s. Britain also forbid the export of newly invented machinery, skilled works, and manufacturing techniques. However, it eventually spread across Europe and to the rest of the world.
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- There were multiple reasons for why the Industrial Revolution broke out in Britain. First, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which late proved to be crucial resources for industrialization. Furthermore, Britain had a stable society at the time, and was the leading colonial country in the world. Therefore, they had access to raw resources as well as places to construct factories and a marketplace for goods.