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A huge number of inventions during the 150-year period completely changed the way people lived and worked. There were two different revolutionary periods. They're called the First and Second Industrial Revolutions.

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The period from the mid-1700s to the early 1900s is called the Industrial Revolution, because of all the technological advances made.

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The first one covers the mid-1700s, all the way up to around 1850. It started in England with three major inventions.
One was the steam engine, perfected by Scottish engineer James Watt. Steam power was used to quickly manufacture things that used to rely on manpower.

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The second major invention of this time, the powered loom.
A loom is a machine that makes cloth out of thread. The new powered looms made cloth much, much faster than any person could.

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The third invention of this period was a new furnace for making steel. England used its vast resources of coal to power these new machines.

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All these industries were centered in large towns and cities. People started leaving their farm jobs in the country to come work in the city, in factories.

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Meanwhile, cotton plantations in the southern United States needed to meet the demand for raw materials from British cloth mills.
So, the American Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. He collected raw cottonseed much faster than a person could by hand.

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The second one covered the late 1800s, it was led by the United States. For one, there were huge advances in transportation and communication with the railroad, telegraph, telephone, and steamship. / V.A

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Another big area of improvement was the harnessing of electricity. This was a cheaper, more flexible power source. One of the main inventions where the light bulb, trolleys, subways, the radio, and lots more.

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All these industries were centered in large towns and cities. People started leaving their farm jobs in the country to come work in the city, in factories.

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The third advance was the use of scientific discoveries in the benefit of consumer goods.

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The automobile would never have been mass produced without this major shift in industrial thought.

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Cars would never been possible without the invention of commercial oil wells. The U.S. drilled lots of oil during the Second Revolution.

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By the time the twentieth century rolled around, the Industrial Revolution had changed Europe and the U.S. from farming societies to industrial societies.

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Lots of new wealth was created, and a new class of society, the middle class, was born. Here shows children working next to adults in a clothing factory.

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For instance, instead of going to school, children were expected to work more than ever, and for very little pay. And before laws were passed to regulate industry, many of the conditions inside factories could be both dangerous and, well, gross.

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Almost every aspect of modern life has some connection to the Industrial Revolution.

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Industrial Revolution | Definition, History, Dates, Summary, & Facts. (2023, June 8). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 12, 2023, from https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/Industrial-Revolution