USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following events took place during the Industrial Revolution?
A
The Birth of the Roman Empire
B
The Career of William Shakespeare
C
World War II
D
The American Revolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1712-Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam engine. 1719-The silk factory is started by John Lombe. Located in Derbyshire, Lombe’s Mill opens as a silk throwing mill, the first successful one of its kind in England. 1733-The simple weaving machine is invented by John Kay known as the Flying Shuttle.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Revolution in the United States was an epoch in the United States during the late 18th and 19th centuries when the economy of the U.S. progressed from manual labor and farm labor to a greater degree of industrialization based on labor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The beginning of industrialization in the United States is usually pegged to the opening of a textile mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1793 by the recent English immigrant Samuel Slater.

Detailed explanation-4: -Historians have identified several causes for the Industrial Revolution, including: the emergence of capitalism, European imperialism, efforts to mine coal, and the effects of the Agricultural Revolution.

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