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   Life in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution

   Industrial revolution is defined as the vast social and economic changes that resulted from the development of steam-powered machinery and mass-production methods, beginning in the late eighteenth century in Great Britain and extending through the nineteenth century elsewhere in the world.
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   Economic history of the United Kingdom

   These manufactured goods were sold around the world, and raw materials and luxury goods were imported to Britain. During the Industrial Revolution the empire became less important and less well-regarded.
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   Industrial Revolution

   During the Industrial Revolution, the life expectancy of children increased dramatically. ... The Industrial Revolution on Continental Europe came a little later than in Great Britain.
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   Economic history of Britain

   During the Industrial Revolution the empire became less important and less well-regarded. ... In Britain this was seen with the rise of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Fascists under Oswald Mosley.
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   History of Western civilization

   Her reign oversaw the establishment of a great empire and Britain's becoming the most powerful Western nation. ... The Industrial Revolution, nationalism, and several political revolutions transformed the continent.
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   E. H. Carr

   The Industrial Revolution would place in power the undifferentiated mass. ... In December 1941, Carr wrote "...in Europe, Great Britain and Soviet Russia must become the main bulwarks of a peace which can be preserved, and can be made real, only through their joint endeavour".
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   History of socialism

   Most socialists of that period opposed the dislocations brought by the Industrial Revolution. ... History of socialism in Great Britain
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   Factory life during the industrial revolution

   During the industrial revolution, the movement of people away from their tradition agriculture into industrial cities brought great stress to many people in the work force. ... The economy was expanding at a rate that was more than twice the pace at which it had grown before the Industrial Revolution.
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   American Revolution

   The Revolution had a strong, immediate impact in Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and France. ... Demographic · Economic · Military · Postal · Technological and industrial
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    History of English society

    Coffee houses were becoming the centres of business and social life, and it has also been suggested that tea might have played its own part in making Britain powerful, as the antiseptic qualities of tea allowed people to live closer together, protecting them from germs, and making the Industrial Revolution possible. ... The technology of the Industrial Revolution had a great impact on society.

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• Factory life during the industrial revolution,
• American Revolution,
• History of English society