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  1. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

    The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more …

  2. Industrial Revolution - Technology, Factories, Change | Britannica

    Oct 18, 2025 · Two Englishmen, William and John Cockerill, brought the Industrial Revolution to Belgium by developing machine shops at Liège (c. 1807), and Belgium became the first …

  3. Industrial Revolution: Definition, Inventions & Dates - HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · Modern historians often refer to this period as the First Industrial Revolution, to set it apart from a second period of industrialization that took place from the late 19th to early 20th...

  4. British Industrial Revolution - World History Encyclopedia

    May 2, 2023 · The Industrial Revolution happened first in Britain, and so, when referring to that country alone, it is often called the First Industrial Revolution.

  5. The Industrial Revolution: A Timeline of Key Dates and …

    May 26, 2024 · Most historians agree that the key developments and innovations that set the Industrial Revolution in motion first emerged in Britain in the period from the 1760s to the …

  6. First Industrial Revolution - (AP World History: Modern) - Vocab ...

    The First Industrial Revolution was a transformative period from the late 18th century to the early 19th century that marked the shift from agrarian economies to industrialized and urban …

  7. First Industrial Revolution - U-S-History.com

    The First Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 18th century, following in the wake of James Watt and his steam engine. (A Second Industrial Revolution would occur late in the …

  8. Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900 - Library of Congress

    Born into a society in which the vast majority of people were involved in agriculture, they experienced an industrial revolution that radically changed the ways millions of people worked …

  9. Industrial Revolution | Definition, History, Dates, Summary,

    Oct 18, 2025 · Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe Britain’s …

  10. First Industrial Revolution: A Detailed Summary - History Crunch

    May 19, 2022 · The First Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 18th century and extended into the early 19th century, was an important turning point in human history. This period of …