What were the changes in the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
Lindsay Vandervort
2025-04-22 01:40:05
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The Industrial Revolution in Britain began in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. The main features involved in the Industrial Revolution were technological, socioeconomic, and cultural. The technological changes included the use of new basic materials, chiefly iron and steel, the use of new energy sources, including both fuels and motive power, such as coal, the steam engine, electricity, petroleum, and the internal-combustion engine. The invention of new machines, such as the spinning jenny and the power loom that permitted increased production with a smaller expenditure of human energy, was also a key change. A new organization of work known as the factory system, which entailed increased division of labour and specialization of function, was introduced. Important developments in transportation and communication, including the steam locomotive, steamship, automobile, airplane, telegraph, and radio, also occurred. These technological changes made possible a tremendously increased use of natural resources and the mass production of manufactured goods. Workers acquired new and distinctive skills, and their relation to their tasks shifted, instead of being craftsmen working with hand tools, they became machine operators, subject to factory discipline.
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