Industrial Revolution

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the geographical origin?Great Britain
2. What is the primary time period?Approximately 1760 to 1840 (First Industrial Revolution)
3. What was the Industrial Revolution and why did it happen?It was a time when machines replaced many people's jobs, starting in Great Britain from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. New inventions like the steam engine and better farming made it possible.
4. How did the steam engine change factories and cities?James Watt improved the steam engine so it worked better, letting factories be built anywhere, not just near rivers. This brought more people to cities and helped them grow.

Mechanization: The process of replacing human or animal labor with machines in production.
Capitalism: An economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.