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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Worsley category Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in England
Douglas Navigation era Industrial Revolution
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Thomas Bentley era Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution (early phase)
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Ermen & Engels historicalContext Industrial Revolution
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this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution period
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The Rocket associatedWith Industrial Revolution
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Great Britain historicallyCentralTo Industrial Revolution
James Keir area of influence Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: British industrial revolution
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this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in Britain
the city of a thousand trades associatedWithPeriod Industrial Revolution
subject surface form: City of a Thousand Trades
Killingworth hasHistoricalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Stroud historicalPeriodOfGrowth Industrial Revolution
Robert Fulton era Industrial Revolution
Modern architecture influencedBy Industrial Revolution
Shardlow historicalPeriodOfImportance Industrial Revolution
Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) historicalEra Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States
cotton gin relatedConcept Industrial Revolution
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Merthyr Rising of 1831 chronologicalPlacement Industrial Revolution
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Frederick Winsor, German-born British inventor era Industrial Revolution
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Elements of Political Economy historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer era Industrial Revolution