REVOLUTIONS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION The global context for this transformation lies in the very substantial increase in human numbers From 375 million in 1400 to 1 billion in 19th century Industrial Revolution marks a human response to that dilemma as nonrenewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas replaced the endlessly renewable energy sources of wind, water and wood Raw materials to feed to fuel industrial machinery- coal iron, petroleum altered landscape in many places Industrial Revolution marked a new era in both human history and the history of the planet INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Technological innovations: The Spinning Jenny Power Loom Steam Engine Cotton Gin = culture of innovation Industrial Revolution spread beyond textile industry to iron and steel production, railroads, steamships, food processing and construction Second Industrial Revolution focused on chemicals, electricity,...
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