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    In the late 18th century‚ the Industrial Revolution fired up‚ like a steam engine‚ its ceaseless fire roared from Western Europe‚ to the Ottoman Empire crossing seas reaching as far as North America‚ lasting until it was finally extinguished on the brink of the 19th century. Unlike other revolutions‚ which primarily focused on political changes‚ the Industrial Revolution created technology‚ developed social changes and expanded the global economy. However‚ the effects of the Industrial Revolution

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    The earliest internal combustion engine used in a system that rose to fame was the four stroke cycle‚ where an internal combustion engine is a heat engine in which the burning of fuel occurs within the confined space of an engine’s combustion chamber. Expanding hot gases act directly onto pistons‚ rotors and sometimes the whole engine to cause movement. The internal combustion engine(14) The four-stroke engine was one of the earliest improvements made to internal combustion engines in the late 1800s

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    and trade. Products were made by hand on farms and in homes. The Industrial Revolution changed how goods were produced which had a major impact on the American Economy both positively and negatively. The invention of machines‚ water power‚ and steam engines‚ for example‚ led to materials being produced more quickly while reducing the cost of production. Although many changes were being made‚ the South trailed the growth of the North. In the South‚ the economy came to rely on cotton and slave

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    and how people followed the same routines everyday.He wrote in a novel "It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys‚ out of which came serpents of smoke trailed themselves never got uncoiled there was a rattling all day long where the piston of the steam engine worked monotonously like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness" (Reader 156). By the dramatic description of factories‚ Dickens is holding the factory owners accountable for all the pollution they are causing. A factory owner

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    Throughout history there have been political‚ economic‚ social‚ and cultural revolutions. These revolutions have had complex and long lasting impacts on people’s lives. One revolution that has forever changed history is the Industrial Revolution. “The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ mining‚ and transport had a profound effect on the social‚ economic‚ and cultural conditions starting in Britain‚ then subsequently

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    The early parts of the Industrial Revolution played a huge role in transforming American society. During this time‚ Americans set the standard for what was going to be the future of the United States. There are a multitude of ideas that could be understood as ideas that transformed American society‚ but in my mind there are five ideas that developed the United States into the country we are today more than all of the rest. Primarily‚ the change in agricultural output led to the change in the need

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    After sometime‚ the development centralized on the United States and Germany. Inventions were crucial during the first industrial revolution. Inventions such as spinning and weaving were a function of water power which was ultimately replaced by steam. This form of production assisted in the increase of growth in America. The industrial revolution became a change for American society and economy into a modern urban-industrial state.

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    around many iron made parts‚ Darby’s idea was another great one. Not only did Darby’s ideas make an impact on the Industrial Revolution‚ “it was this section of the industry that developed most rapidly under the demand for cast iron parts for the steam engine and also for pipes and structural work‚ in the latter half of the eighteenth century.” (Raistrick‚

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    which produce many factories openings. The steam engine was the most significant invention in the Industrial Revolution industry. “Newcomen ’s invention enabled mines to be drained to greater depths than had previously been economically possible and so helped provide the coal‚ iron and other metals that were vital to the expansion of industry.” Although he died James Watt refined it with a power source which made it reliable and powerful. The steam engine provided

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    people who previously could not afford certain items were able to afford them much easily at the lower cost. The Industrial Revolution brought the spinning jenny for the textile industry‚ the telegraph for the communication industry‚ and steel for the steam engine. Despite some of the unpleasant things the industrial revolution brought with it‚ most people were living a better life. As Industrialization began to change‚ clothing and feeding a larger militia became cheaper‚ they had the ability to create

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