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replacement of manual labor by machines
transformed agricultural economies into industrial ones
Goods that had traditionally been made in the home or in small workshops began to be manufactured in the factory. Productivity and technical efficiency grew dramatically, in part through the systematic application of scientific and practical knowledge to the manufacturing process. Efficiency was also enhanced when large groups of business enterprises were located within a limited area. The Industrial Revolution led to the growth of cities as people moved from rural areas into urban communities in search of work.
Economic development was combined with superior military technology to make the nations of Europe and their cultural offshoots, such as the United States, the most powerful in the world in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the 20th century industrialization on a wide scale extended to parts of Asia and the Pacific Rim. Today mechanized production and modern economic growth continue to spread to new areas of the world, and much of humankind has yet to experience the changes typical of the Industrial Revolution.
2007-02-06 07:42:06
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answered by LucySD 7
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Before people lived almost exclusively in rural areas, after far more people live in ever growing cities.
Before almost everyone farmed, after an ever growing percentage of the people now work away from the farm.
Before most people would not have travelled more than a few miles from home over their whole lives, after people could take trains, ships, and now planes and cars all over the world.
2007-02-06 07:10:15
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answered by Jeff C 3
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It changed society from a rural culture to an urban culture. Mass transit showed it's head for the 1st time.
2007-02-06 07:12:42
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answered by JAY O 5
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traveled- new transportation like trains and cars and the engine! moved people and goods
lifestyle + work - more people moved into cities, picked up new jobs and used and invented machines to do work instead of manual labor
2007-02-06 07:08:36
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answered by Rori 2
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