In the olden times, all things
were handmade. At those times the
objects were unique and genuine.
Individuality was very important.
The Industrial Revolution of the 18th century was a turning
point in human history.
The Industrial Revolution was
the shift from handcrafted, to mass produced products. The rural societies, mostly in Europe and
America turned to urban and industrialized states. This also marked the shift to powered, special-purpose machinery and
factories. The steam engine was created only a few years earlier in 1756 by James
Watt. Even though it polluted the air,
it was a very useful engine and improved the systems of transportation, communication and banking. Moreover, coal was utilized instead of wood,
since it took much longer to burn.
In addition, more jobs were created. As we can see in the picture, those people
were all on their way to the factories for work. Unfortunately for them their work conditions
were rather horrific and their way of living was not very good.
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