Industrial Revolution - E-book - ePub

The 17th and 18th centuries witnessed major struggles forfreedom and the flow of powers to the civic. The Americansbattled the British for a free nation and to free their thirteencolonies from the clutches of the English Parliament and KingGeorge III. Back in Europe the French rebellion upheaved thepolitical system which left the continent shuddering when theFrench insurgents executed Louis XVI and his queen andestablished a Republican government.
Among these vicissitudesin Europe and America there was another revolution taking itsform which was to bring about a radical change in the historyof all mankind. This revolution brought about a drastic changein the economics of America and Europe in all the sections;industrial and agricultural. The phase has been baptized as"Industrial Revolution". As the economic changed from hands tomachines there was havoc and instigated great tensions andeven vehemence in the society.
The alterations brought aboutby the Industrial Revolution took rapidity in around mid of 18th century. Normally revolution happens in a short period of time but theIndustrial Revolution extended over many generations and thechanges were plodding. What actually happened could be statedas evolution however; if we look into the dramatic impact ofthe industrial drifts on the lives of the Americans, English andthe Continent it was nothing less than a revolution.
It all started from England and the Americans caught on, laterspreading the revolution to other nations of Europe. Therewere machinists, tinkerers and inventors who created newthings and eased down the work for mankind.