Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period from the late 18th to 19th centuries marked by the shift from agrarian, handcraft economies to industrial, machine-based manufacturing and rapid technological, social, and economic change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic transformation ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
technological revolution ⓘ
field economic history ⓘ
social history ⓘ
technological history ⓘ
followedBy Age of Imperialism ⓘ
Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
modern industrial society ⓘ
hasCause advances in technology ⓘ
agricultural revolution ⓘ
availability of coal and iron ⓘ
development of financial institutions ⓘ
growth of trade ⓘ
hasEffect changes in family structure ⓘ
changes in working conditions ⓘ
child labor in factories ⓘ
decline of cottage industry ⓘ
environmental pollution ⓘ
expansion of colonialism ⓘ
global economic integration ⓘ
growth of consumer culture ⓘ
growth of the middle class ⓘ
improvements in transportation ⓘ
increase in productivity ⓘ
labor movements ⓘ
mass production ⓘ
new social reform movements ⓘ
population growth ⓘ
proletarianization of labor ⓘ
rise of capitalism ⓘ
rise of factory system ⓘ
standardization of goods ⓘ
technological innovation ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
hasEndTime 19th century ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Eli Whitney ⓘ
George Stephenson ⓘ
James Watt ⓘ
Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Samuel Crompton ⓘ
hasKeyInvention cotton gin ⓘ
machine tools ⓘ
power loom ⓘ
railway locomotive ⓘ
spinning jenny ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ
steamship ⓘ
water frame ⓘ
hasLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Western Europe ⓘ
hasMainLocation Great Britain ⓘ
hasPart canal building ⓘ
chemical industry beginnings ⓘ
development of machine tools ⓘ
factory system ⓘ
improvements in agriculture ⓘ
iron and steel production advances ⓘ
mechanization of textile production ⓘ
railway expansion ⓘ
steam power revolution ⓘ
hasStartTime late 18th century ⓘ
precededBy pre-industrial society ⓘ
significantFor development of modern capitalism ⓘ
foundation of modern global economy ⓘ
origin of modern industrial cities ⓘ
rise of wage labor ⓘ
shift from handcraft to machine production ⓘ
transition from agrarian to industrial economy ⓘ

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