QUICKLY ABOUT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN GENERAL
- Industrial revolution marks the period of development that transformed rural societies into industrialized, urban ones
- Goods that had been previously crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories
- Steam power was the "game-changing" invention that started the Industrial Revolution from Britain
SECOND PERIOD OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
- From the late 19th to early 20th century cities began to grow
- Rapid advances such as creation of steel, chemicals and electricity helped to mass produce consumer goods and weapons
- People started to move around with trains, cars and bicycles
- News spread via papers, radio and telegraph
- Industrial growth created wealthy entrepreneurs and comfortable middle class supported by workers who were mainly immigrants
By Simple History
What do you think was the most important invention during Industrial Revolution?