A_1. The Industrial Revolution To define the Second Industrial Revolution, one needs to know at least a general summary of the very first Industrial Revolution itself. The Industrial Revolution is a period of time where Europe, beginning from Britain, and America went through a series of inventions and changes that shifted those previously rural societies into ones that became highly urban and industrial. Before the Industrial revolution, most manufacturing was done in peoples’ houses, using anything from handtools to really basic machines such as the wheel. The industrialization offered powered machinery, new energy sources, industrial factories, and mass production that resulted in much improved systems of transportation, production, communication,