Industrial Revolution

The English Revolution

The modern industrial revolution describes the economic and social changes that happened starting in the 1760's starting in England and spreading to the United States of America and most of Europe. Changes that are often used to characterize the industrial revolution are^{[Citation Needed]}

• An increased use of mechanical tools to perform labor.
• A decrease in percentage of farmers in the population.

In both America and England, the early industrial revolution was aided through the use of "sweatshop" like conditions to employ serfs prior to the implementation of the modern workday and child labor laws^{[Citation Needed]}.

Pollution

An increased reliance on factories and machinery caused an increase in pollution. This may have caused problems.^{[Citation Needed]}

Other Revolutions

Some historians cite China under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in India as being forerunners to what happened in England^{[Citation Needed]}. But in modern terms, the noun "industrial revolution" is reserved for the English revolution. Used as an adjective, "industrial revolution" describes the transition any economy can take from primarily agrarian to industrial.^{[Citation Needed]}