The Industrial Revolution: History of Industrialisation : 1 Video Lecture - Class 10

in the mid-1700s people everywhere
survived by working the land from China
and Japan to the 13 British colonies on
the North American mainland and
throughout Western Europe which was
beginning to recover from decades of
famine disease and stagnant population
growth in the middle of the century
Western Europe enjoyed successive years
of good harvests and a slowly growing
population then within a few decades one
European country Britain underwent a
transformation that ended with its
economy industrialized and its people a
nation of city dwellers this pattern of
change was basically repeated on the
European mainland in North America and
eventually in much of the rest of the
world fundamentally changing the nature
of human existence
what stages did Britain go through in
its transformation from a land of farms
and farmers to a land of factories and
factory workers why did the Industrial
Revolution begin in Europe in Britain in
particular what part did the United
States play in the Industrial Revolution
what was the course of the industrial
revolution on the European mainland and
elsewhere 18th century Europe was open
to change
eager not only to conquer new worlds but
also to explore new ideas and to exploit
new technologies