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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Hyde developedDuring Industrial Revolution
Sir William Cubitt era Industrial Revolution
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Pont-y-Cafnau era Industrial Revolution
Hull Docks developedDuring Industrial Revolution
Watch City associatedTimePeriod Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States
Victorian literature influencedBy Industrial Revolution
Sohho House associatedWith Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in Britain
Soho Manufactory era Industrial Revolution
social encyclical Rerum Novarum context Industrial Revolution
subject surface form: Rerum Novarum
Milnrow developedDuring Industrial Revolution
Black Country hasEconomicHistoryPeriod Industrial Revolution
Macclesfield Canal historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
East End of London developedSignificantlyDuring Industrial Revolution
Lancaster Canal era Industrial Revolution
Cromford Canal builtDuring Industrial Revolution
Spindle City associatedWith Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States
Forth and Clyde Canal historicalEra Industrial Revolution
Brindley movement Industrial Revolution
subject surface form: James Brindley
Brindley Water Mill, Leek associatedWith Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: British industrial revolution
Sirhowy Valley historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Etruria Works historicalEra Industrial Revolution
Ebbw Valley historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Birmingham General Hospital historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in Britain
Boulton and Watt influenced Industrial Revolution
Carron Company contributedTo Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in Scotland
Midlands Enlightenment influenced Industrial Revolution
Midlands Enlightenment relatedTo Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Enlightenment
Etruria, Staffordshire historicalEra Industrial Revolution
Colebrook Dale associatedWith Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: British industrial revolution
Victor Contamin era Industrial Revolution
Children of the Sun discusses Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: industrial revolution
Joseph Wright of Derby paintings associatedWith Industrial Revolution
Lagan Canal historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Holyoke Canal System era Industrial Revolution
Rotherham plough era Industrial Revolution
Difference Engine era Industrial Revolution
Oxford Canal historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Oxford Canal playedRoleIn Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in England
Castleford historicalEraOfGrowth Industrial Revolution
Crompton historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
subject surface form: spinning mule
Crompton associatedWith Industrial Revolution
Hall i’ th’ Wood significantPeriod Industrial Revolution
Redruth, Cornwall notablePeriod Industrial Revolution
William Murdoch era Industrial Revolution
Robert Stevenson era Industrial Revolution
Willey Ironworks historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Sowerby Bridge Wharf eraOfOrigin Industrial Revolution
Calder and Hebble Navigation era Industrial Revolution