What Were the Major Advantages of the Industrial Revolution?

The industrial revolution brought about major inventions in the textile industry, improvements in transportation, water transportation, road transportation, and the railway age begins. The pace of industrialization quickened in Britain. Be the 1800s more people could afford to heat their homes with coal from Wales and to dine Scottish beef. They wore better clothing, too, woven on power looms in England’s industrial cities. These cities soon swelled with workers. Despite the problems that followed industrialization, the industrial revolution eventually had a number of positive effects. It created jobs for workers. It contributed to the wealth of the nation. It fostered technological progress and invention. It greatly increased the production goods and raised the standard of living. Perhaps most important, it provided the hope of improvement in people’s lives. The industrial revolution produced a number of other benefits as well. These included healthier diets; better housing; and cheaper, mass produced clothing. Because the industrial revolution created a demand for engineers as well as clerical and professional workers, it expanded educational opportunities.

 Questions:

1.    When the Industrial Revolution was starting out, what did most factories produce? 

2.    What forms of transportation were most important for the Industrial Revolution?

3.    How did the advances in agriculture during the period effect food production?

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