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The History of Industry
The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in
the late 1700s and continued for more than
one hundred years, eventually spreading to
Europe and the United States. It can be
divided into two stages:
The First Industrial Revolution Industrial embroidery machine
The First Industrial Revolution occurred with The Second Industrial Revolution
the textile industry, from the 1700s until The Second Industrial Revolution, from
mid-1800s. Machines that could spin and mid-1800s to early 1900s, continued to
weave cloth were designed. England had the change the way people worked and
necessary coal and iron to provide power and lived. In this stage, big factories and
make machines for the factories. Engines that companies started to use technology,
were powered by steam became a critical or the application of new knowledge to
invention in this period. The steam engine produce goods. During this time, many
changed the way that goods could be quickly innovations appeared, including the
moved from one place to another. Railroads use of assembly production lines and
were built and expanded to cover distances electricity to power machines and lights
between cities. for long working hours.
The Industrial Revolution in Great
Britain made many social changes.
People started to move from rural areas
to urban areas, searching for work in
factories. Urban areas developed and
became very crowded and polluted.
Children were put to work in factories
at very young ages and worked for
A steam train
many hours every day.
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