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The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution that rocked America 's economic and social infrastructure was really a magnificent tool of changes . The massive development of new industries that the revolution brought with it changed the lives of millions of people . Hundreds of manufacturing cities arose all across the countries and gave its economies a tremendous impulse to development . The Industrial Revolution was one of the major HYPERLINK "http /www .nationmaster .com /encyclopedia /Technology " technological HYPERLINK "http /www .nationmaster .com /encyclopedia /Socioeconomic socioeconomic and HYPERLINK "http /www .nationmaster .com /encyclopedia /Culture " cultural

changes in the late 18th and early 19th century producing the replacement of an economy based on manual labor by one dominated by industry and machine manufacture

The Industrial Revolution was a prominent event in the history of humankind that had essential influence on the further development of the whole world . It was a time of remarkable changes , from hand tools and handmade items , to products , which were mass produced and automatically designed

The Industrial Revolution was a in which almost every aspect of life improved . The major and most significant improvements and inventions proved to be caused by new ideas that resulted in the restructuring of the economy . These ideas were centered on the consideration that the economy should change from an agrarian society to the industrial one These ideas actually helped to lead to the outbreak of mass industry and also they represented improvement of working conditions . Although , a systemized working day with a particular working hours was established All these changes inevitably led to higher standards of living . We may state that without Industrial Revolution , the world 's economy would have remained stagnant . People still would have experienced sufferings because of the difficult times . The revolution was a bold attempt to change the whole world economy , it caused immeasurable improvements in the fields of production , transportation , and life overall

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