INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The Industrial Revolution

• began in the 1700s and
• continued through the early 1900s.
• It began in Great Britain and within
• Few decades had spread to Western
• Europe and United States

THIS HISTORICAL PERIOD

• was one of the most important
• periods in the history of human society

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• SINCE THE DISCOVERY AND USE OF AGRICULTURE
• Eight to ten thousand years ago no other
• event has affected humankind more

The results of this revolution

• would completely change the way
• humans acted

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• WHILE PEOPLE WORKED, THE AMOUNT AND
• Type of goods they bought, the family structure
• the social structure, and the way individuals
• thought were all changed

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• This transition included going from hand production
• methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing
• And iron production processes improved efficiency,
• the increasing use of steam power and the development
• of machine tools

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• With the shift from hand-made to
• machine-made products a new era of
• human experience began where increased
• productivity created a much higher standard of living
• than had ever been known in the pre-industrial world.

EXPLANATION OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• 1. the transition from hand made to machine made
• goods for more efficient production
• 2. the increasing division between
• the North and South

EXPLANATION OF REVOLUTION

• 3. the reliance on the owners of factories
• to serve in local governments
• 4. the inclusion of women in the workforce

IMPACT on the people AND country

• 1. The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in
• Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment
• 2. The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed .
• every aspect of human life and lifestyles

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