The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people’s way of life as well as their methods of manufacturer. It brought three important changes: inventions of machines that simplify and speed up the work of hand tools, use of steam (and other power) versus human power, adoption of a factory system. Workers were brought together under one roof and were supplied machines. The Industrial Revolution began throughout the world relatively during the same time period, and although it had its beginning in remote times, it is still continuing in some places. By the eighteenth century all of Western Europe had begun to industrialize rapidly, but in England the process was faster than in other parts of the world. This may be attributed to a number of factors: large deposits of coal were still available for industrial fuel. abundant labor supply to mine coal and iron, man the factories. Fleet remained from old commercial empire Ability to furnish raw materials (through colonies) capital to invest industrial development not interrupted by warSoon all Western Europe was more or less industrialized, and the coming of electricity and cheap steel after 1850 further speeded the process. (Rempel)The countryside was transformed between 1760 and 1830 from the open-field system of cultivation to make way for compact farms and enclosed fields (pay flat tax on land, must be surveyed and fenced in). Until the Industrial Revolution, most of the world's population was rural. At the beginning of the nineteenth century there were scarcely two dozen cities in Europe with a population of 100,000, but by 1900 there were more than 150 cities of this size. Those great cities had the following factors in common:1.) Concentration of a work force2.) Urban Centers for marketing finished goods3.) Established political centersIn the 1920’s, Germany was supplied with...
