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Industrial Revolution
Machines replace human labour; Britain transforms the world economy (1760โ1840)
1760 ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom Revolutions
โ Key Facts
1
Steam engine (James Watt, 1769) powered factories, railways and ships
2
Britain's GDP grew 10ร in a century; urbanisation, child labour, new middle class emerged
3
Spread from Britain to Europe, USA and the world โ foundation of modern economy
Changed the world more in 80 years than the previous 8,000 โ GDP growth 10ร in one century
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Era
โ Revolutions
Region
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
Year
1760
Summary
Machines replace human labour; Britain transforms the world economy (1760โ1840)