Industrial & Commercial Fast Facts, Last Updated:09/07/2010 The Industrial Revolution is the name given to themassive social,economic and technological change in18th centuryand 19thcentury Europe. Itcommenced with the introduction of steam power (fuelled primarily by coal) and powered automated machinery (primarily intextile manufacturing). Thetechnological and economic progress of the Industrial Revolutiongained momentum with the introduction of steam-powered ships, boats and railways. In the 19th Century it spread throughout Western Europeand NorthAmerica, eventually impacting the rest of the world. |