1. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Question What led to the "Industrial Revolution"? Is this term correct, or might it be a misnomer? Why? Response Historians consider the industrial revolution as the most significant period in the history of humanity. The Oxford English dictionary describes the industrial revolution as a rapid industrial development, which took place in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, chiefly owing to the introduction of new or improved machinery and large-scale production methods. ...
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