The Industrial Revolution: Richard Trevithick And Henry Ford

The Industrial Revolution in American The Industrial Revolution was a period where societies like Europe and America sought changes throughout the 18th and 19th century. Provided that before the industrial revolution, manufacturing goods were done in people homes with the use of basic tools and machinery. The increasing development of innovations and industrialization throughout the industrial revolution brought about an increase in the variety of manufactured goods and an improvement in the standard of living. However, while it improved some people's living standards, for the poor and the working class, it proved to be a gruesome employment and living condition. Beginning in the United Kingdom, then spreading throughout Western Europe,

Two of the most famous were Richard Trevithick and Henry Ford. Henry Ford created the assembly line used to manufactured products all around the world. The assembly line opened many job fields and made easier, cheaper, and faster, arguably it is one of the most important tools used today. Richard Trevithick also invented something very important to history. He invented the steamboat. This invention is not something we use today very often, but it had a major significance. In the 1700s and 1800s traveling across the world seemed impossible, but the steamboat made a way for people to travel across the ocean. This invention impacted our world because it was the start of traveling across the ocean, and it is what has influenced our boats today. It also caused a sparked in the created of innovations, industrialization, and

It spread form Britain, European Countries, Belgium, France and Germany, and eventually to the United States. Thus by the 19th century, industrialization was established well throughout the West and Northeastern regions. Which contributed to the 20th century, where the United States become the world’s leading industrial nation. Even though there were some “luddite,” a term used to refer to the people who opposed the technological change in the early 19th century. The attacked factories and destroyed machines at a means to protest. This revolt was led by Ned Ludd, though many believe he was just an apocryphal figure. However, this revolt didn’t change or stop any advancements that happen throughout that