Sunday, April 10, 2011

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a time period in the late 18th century in which  major changes were being made on technology, manufacturing, agriculture and transportation.  Nations relied on machines and factories to mass produce products. During the Industrial revolution, many technological advances were being made. Steam power was an important technological advancement during this time. There were new fuel being used  for the new steam engine. These fuels were coal and petroleum.  The telegraph were also created during this time, which was a new communication device that made communicating across the ocean much quicker .
Source(https://www.msu.edu/user/brownlow/indrev.htm)

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