Industrial Revolutions, Transformations and the French Revolution Phases (Overview)

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• Subtopic: Industrial Revolutions Overview How many Industrial Revolutions have taken place? - **Second Industrial Revolution**: From 1850 to the mid-20th century. This was the electric energy revolution. - **Third Industrial Revolution**: From the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st century. This was the communication, information access, and internet revolution. - **Fourth Industrial Revolution**: Happening currently. This is the AI Revolution. --- • Subtopic: Transformations During the Industrial Revolution **Industrial Revolution Transformations** - Urbanization - Creation of railways and trains - Creation of factories - Emergence of workers' groups - Technical development and machinery, including the steam engine **Why in England?** - **Strategical Reasons**: - Small-sized country - Having coasts to build ports - **Geographical Reasons**: - Parliamentary Monarchy - Power of bourgeois and landowners - Private property and business association **Society and Trade** - USA: Cotton - England: Clothes - Africa: Slaves - Triangular Trade --- • Subtopic: Phases of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was the gradual transformation of agricultural, textile, an...