WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the Industrial Revolution, artisans with specialized skills produced most of Europe’s manufactured goods. Their work was governed by the traditions of their craft and the limits of available resources. Human and animal muscle and the waterwheel were the era’s main energy sources.

Detailed explanation-2: -Factories and the machines that they housed began to produce items faster and cheaper than could be made by hand. As the supply of various items rose, their cost to the consumer declined (see supply and demand).

Detailed explanation-3: -The most important of the changes that brought about the Industrial Revolution were (1) the invention of machines to do the work of hand tools; (2) the use of steam, and later of other kinds of power, in place of the muscles of human beings and of animals; and (3) the adoption of the factory system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cloth was the first things mass-produced during the Industrial Revolution. Cloth made on machines was made faster and easier than cloth made by hand. Huge factories were built and filled with machines producing different kinds of cloth. Machines require people to work them and the mills needed a lot of workers.

Detailed explanation-5: -These innovations included new steel making processes, mass production, assembly lines, electrical grid systems, the large-scale manufacture of machine tools, and the use of increasingly advanced machinery in steam-powered factories.