Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution was a big change in the economy from farming to manufacturing. It first occurred in England in the late 1700s, and slowly spread to other nations. Marvelous machines like the steam engine and telegraph were invented. Pollution was a problem for the first time because of the increase in factories. England, which had the strongest economy in the world, was the first to undergo the industrial revolution, although some historians cite the iron industry in China under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in India as being forerunners to what happened in England. Regardless, the real industrial revolution began in 1760 in England and then, aided by the economic insights of Adam Smith, England’s economy expanded and its industrial revolution lasted until 1840.