The Industrial Revolution
10th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
Lesson Preview
Learning Objective
I can analyze the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
- 1
The Industrial Revolution was an increase in production brought about by the use of machines and characterized by the use of new energy sources.
- 2
The innovations of the Industrial Revolution were intimately interconnected, such as the invention of the flying shuttle which increased the speed of weaving and created demand for yarn.
- 3
Two advantages that helped the British during the Industrial Revolution were large supplies of coal and relatively high wages.
