WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Road transport evolved from packhorses and small wagons to large wagons and stagecoaches running continuously between London and major cities. Eventually steam powered rail wagons and coaches would displace both horse-drawn wagons and stagecoaches resulting in a fundamental change in freight transport and travel.

Detailed explanation-2: -The railway allowed people to flock to cities and allowed people to travel newer places as well. Business boomed due to the railway with the mass increase of people and goods. All in all, the railway was a major success in all aspects of the Industrial Revolution especially in time and distance.

Detailed explanation-3: -How did improvements in transportation promote industrialization in Britain? Canals cut the cost of transporting materials; improved roads fostered the movement of heavy wagons; railroads linked manufacturing cities with raw materials. What was the impact of the living and working conditions on the workers?

Detailed explanation-4: -The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads. These collective advances in technology became known as the Transportation Revolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Before the Industrial Revolution, transportation relied on animals (like horses pulling a cart) and boats. Travel was slow and difficult.