The Industrial Revolution could be explained as one of the most important events that happened during the history of the world. The Industrial Revolution revolutionized the way we made goods. It totally replaced hand made goods by machine made products. The Industrial Revolution had two parts, I) The Industrial Revolution ( this revolution was around the world), and II) The Second Industrial Revolution (the revolution in the US). Obviously like any other event in the history, The Industrial Revolution had many ambiguous effects, some were positive and some were negative, however the positive effects outnumbered the negative ones.
The Industrial Revolution, a widespread replacement of manual labor by machines began in Britain in the 18th century and is still continuing in some poor parts of the world (Kuzirian,3). The Industrial Revolution was the result of many fundamental, interrelated changes that transformed agricultural economies into industrial ones. The most immediate changes were in the nature of production: what was produced, as well as where and how. Goods that had traditionally been made in the home or in small workshops began to be manufactured in the factory (Colombia Encyclopedia, 220). The Industrial Revolution had made many changes in society, during and after its period.
A major breakthrough in the use of coal occurred in 1709 at Coalbrookedale in the valley of the Severn River. Iron was also vital to the development of railroads, which improved transportation. In this way, the changes of the Industrial Revolution reinforced each other, working together to transform the economy of the countries around the world (Encarta Encyclopedia, 2).
The most important advance in iron production occurred in 1784 when Englishman Henry Cort invented new techniques for rolling raw iron, a finishing process that shapes iron into the desired size and form. They used iron, which was relatively inexpensive and abundant, to be used in many new ways, such as building heavy machinery.