HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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water was a major source of irrigation
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ships could easily deliver goods to factories
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water power was used to drive factory machines
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factory workers needed water to drink
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system. New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Industrial Revolution, family-based cottage-industries were displaced by the factory system, a method of manufacturing using machinery and the division of labor. The factory system was first adopted in Great Britain at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700’s.
Detailed explanation-3: -The steam engine turned the wheels of mechanized factory production. Its emergence freed manufacturers from the need to locate their factories on or near sources of water power. Large enterprises began to concentrate in rapidly growing industrial cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -That source was fossil fuels-coal, oil, and natural gas, though coal led the way-formed underground from the remains of plants and animals from much earlier geologic times. When these fuels were burned, they released energy, originally from the Sun, that had been stored for hundreds of millions of years.