Industrial Revolution Research Paper

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The Industrial Revolution was brought about by the introduction of machinery in Britain in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was characterized by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing was often done in the homes of the people using hand tools and basic machines. Technical changes were eventually made that saw the use of new basic materials, new energy sources, new machines, and a new organization of work being introduced to improve mass production of manufactured goods. Despite the harm that industrialization is often associated with, it has been a positive influence on the world because it brought about a gradual transformation