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    Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ which began in Britain in the late 1700s‚ manufacturing was often done in people’s homes‚ using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered‚ special-purpose machinery‚ factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries‚ along with the development of the steam engine‚ played central roles in the Industrial Revolution‚ which also saw improved systems of transportation‚ communication and banking. While industrialization brought

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    Europe. One event that had a significant influence on European history was the Industrial Revolution. It was important because there were many social‚ technology and cultural changes made that affected everyone. The Industrial Revolution led to new ways of organizing human labor‚ more enterprises‚ growth of energy and power‚ faster forms of transportation‚ higher productivity and more (Cole et al. 451). The first revolution began in the north of Britain in 1760 and

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    the following question. "How did the industrial revolution impact westward expansion". Without the industrial revolution impact on westward expansion we would not have the America we see today. The industrial revolution took place between 1760 and 1840 around the world. The westward expansion took place from 1807 to 1912. Without the industrial revolution‚ westward expansion would have failed. Without the westward expansion America would be very different today but how did this come about. Firstly

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    The Industrial Revolution was a great leap in the advancement of society and technology. The transition from an agricultural to a rapid industrialization took over more than a century in the US. According to the article Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution‚ states that the Industrial Revolution “entered its first phase from the 1790s through the 1830s”. The First Industrial Revolution transformed the daily lives of the Americans in great and important ways that would change America

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    Amber Muni Industrial Revolution Essay Period 2 12/27 The Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on Western society and the effects were numerous and mainly positive. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1790’s and spread throughout Europe and eventually to America. The extensive effects of the Industrial Revolution influenced almost every aspect of daily life and human society in some way. During this time period‚ widespread transportation such as railroads became available

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    scientific discoveries were found‚ a time where the social class system went through many changes.[1] Victorian England was very much influenced by the industrial revolution that was gripping the whole western world. The industrial revolution influenced many parts of Victorian society. The Industrial Revolution gave mobility to those that had the money and connections to move up in the social structure. It was now possible for the middle class to mix with the aristocratic

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    Our textbook addresses that the French and English writers of the 1820s invented the term Industrial Revolution to capture the drama of contemporary change and to draw a parallel with the French Revolution. The chief components of the Industrial Revolution‚ industrialization and urbanization‚ are long-term processes that have continued to the present. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1770s and 1780s in textile manufacturing and spread from there across the continent. By the end

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    This happens to our society as well. History has a major impact on what happens in our society today. Things such as terrorism can be linked back to what has happened throughout history. As well as terrorism we can link climate change to events and inventions created in the past. Climate change has been effected by fossil fuels‚ cars‚ and atomic bombs. First off‚ we burned a lot of fossil fuels in the 19th century during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution created great new technology

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    November 1858‚ he passed away in Newtown‚ Wales. The document was written during the industrial revolution‚ "...which took place in Great Britain during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and in other European countries and America after 1815..." (Levack‚ Muir‚ and Veldman 655). This revolution included four major developments: using mineral sources of energy‚ concentrating labor in factories‚ new industrial technology and methods of transportation (Levack‚ Muir‚ and Veldman 655). In the

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    The Industrial Era took place between the 18th and 19th century in rural locations in Europe and America. It started in Britain when inventions such as the steam engine and cotton gin. Before the era started‚ most manufacturing occurred in people’s home‚ making one product at a time. This now evolved into factories that mass produce with machinery. Iron and textile industries boomed in popularity and income‚ making money off the public in record speed. This‚ however‚ leads to huge monopolies and

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