The Industrial Revolution: Part 1 — Meaning, Causes and Inventions: visual lesson, ICSE Class 9 History & Civics (H.C.G. Paper 1)

Lesson

The Industrial Revolution: meaning, causes and inventions

Part 1 — what changed, why in England, and with which machines.

In this lesson you will

Define the Industrial Revolution and say where and when it began
Explain the causes of the Industrial Revolution and why it began in England
Name the main inventions and describe the changes the Industrial Revolution brought

Part 1 at a glance

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Table on the Industrial Revolution: a change from hand production in homes and workshops to machine production in factories, using water and then steam power, beginning in England from about the 1750s or 1760s, lasting to about the 1830s or 1840s, and then spreading to other countries
Point	Fact
What it was	A change from hand production in homes and workshops to machine production in factories
Power used	Water first, then steam
Where it began	England
When	From about the 1750s or 1760s to about the 1830s or 1840s
Then	It spread to other countries

Learn this definition well; it is the first part of many exam answers.

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When and where.

Use about with these dates; historians give approximate ranges.