The industrial revolution

The Industrial Revolution.

The Industrial Revolution was a major change to the way people lived and worked. Before the Industrial revolution, 2/3 of work was done in agriculture. Afterwards, much of the unskilled work done at the time was in factories, often operating Machinery.

The Revolution was essentially the transition of manual labor to machinery, in order to increase the amount of work able to be done. It very much succeeded in this

The effects

-      The population soared, and is continuing to rise

-      It revolutionized the way we produce things, and led to modern manufacturing.

Criteria

''' Did it result in a Significant Benefit to more than 10000 people? '''

Yes. It aimed to take manual work out of many jobs and it did succeed, albeit with other consequence’s

Were its effects visible immediately?

Because it wasn’t exactly a single event, this is hard to say. It would have been obvious that many jobs were being changed though.

'''Did it lead to any other significant event? '''

Yes, it led to every event that followed it, because it allowed for manufacturing of weapons for the world wars, and the manufacturing of planes for September eleven.

'''Did it result in a detriment to more than 10000 people? '''

No

Are its effects still visible?

Yes. Much of today’s technology would not have been possible without it.