The Industrial Revolution (jan 1, 1750 – jan 1, 1900)
Description:
Beginning in Britain, a series of innovations and inventions leads to a massive growth in productivity across the economy, triggering mass economic and population growth as well as a corresponding explosion of poverty and deprivation in many new cities as workers are forced from the country and into industrial heartlands through economic and political changes.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1750
jan 1, 1900
~ 150 years