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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Hill’s Tramroad historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Pwll Du quarries eraOfDevelopment Industrial Revolution
Pwll Du tunnel era Industrial Revolution
Ellesmere Canal (historic) historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Hargreaves contributedTo Industrial Revolution
subject surface form: spinning jenny
The Cry of the Children historicalContext Industrial Revolution
Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831 historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in Britain
Nahda hasInfluenceFrom Industrial Revolution
Nantlle Valley slate quarries historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
St Helens Canal historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Sankey Canal era Industrial Revolution
Grand Junction Canal historicalEra Industrial Revolution
Warwick and Napton Canal era Industrial Revolution
Hatton Locks eraOfMajorUse Industrial Revolution
Masson Mill significantPeriod Industrial Revolution
Masson Mill hasCategory Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in England
Greyhound Hotel era Industrial Revolution
Butterley Tunnel era Industrial Revolution
British coal industry developedDuring Industrial Revolution
Marple Locks era Industrial Revolution
Leicester Canal historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Leicester Canal constructionEra Industrial Revolution
A. & A. Lawrence Company era Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: American Industrial Revolution
Manchester canal network eraOfMajorDevelopment Industrial Revolution
Rainhill Trials relatedTo Industrial Revolution
Henry Booth era Industrial Revolution
James Walker era Industrial Revolution
Socialism influencedBy Industrial Revolution
Higher Walton developedDuring Industrial Revolution
The Day the World Took Off mainSubject Industrial Revolution
Timothy Hackworth era Industrial Revolution
French Realist movement influencedBy Industrial Revolution
Bruce’s Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne era Industrial Revolution
Castlefield, Manchester, England historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Charles Tennant era Industrial Revolution
Runcorn Docks developedDuringPeriod Industrial Revolution
Needham Question relatedTo Industrial Revolution
Aylsham Navigation historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia significantPeriod Industrial Revolution
Rumford fireplace historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
contributed to economic divergence between North and South in the United States isAssociatedWith Industrial Revolution
subject surface form: cotton gin
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States
Whitneyville, Connecticut historicalEraOfGrowth Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States
Samuel Greg era Industrial Revolution
Greg family timePeriod Industrial Revolution
Richard Crawshay participantIn Industrial Revolution
Crawshay family historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
Crawshay dynasty partOf Industrial Revolution
this entity surface form: British Industrial Revolution
Glamorganshire Canal era Industrial Revolution
South Wales iron industry significantEvent Industrial Revolution
Liverpool docks significantPeriod Industrial Revolution