Industrialization

1. What was the Industrial Revolution? Why may it be said that it was not a revolution at all?

The industrial revolution was a period of time in which many countries decided to abandon the agriculturalist way of life and decided to do what the name of the period suggests, industrialize. New technology was introduced and machines came about that characterized the industrial revolution. However, in spite of what its name suggest it can be argued that the industrial revolution wasn’t a true revolution but rather an enlarging of both the business and the wage-earning classes, The main difference in the before and after periods of the industrial revolution was that power machinery replaced the common carpenters tool belt so to speak. What also keeps one from calling this a revolution was the fact that in the 1830’s, despite all of the “revolution-izing” that took place, only a small fraction of the working class in Britain were employed in the factories......

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Title: Industrial Revolution
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