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The Industrial Revolution

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The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION was a period of massive economic and technological change that began in Britain around 1760 and spread across Europe and North America over the following century. Before this era, most goods were made by hand in homes or small workshops — a system called COTTAGE INDUSTRY. The shift to machine-based manufacturing in large FACTORIES changed not just how things were made, but where people lived and how they worked. Historians call this one of the most transformative periods in human history because it rewired the entire structure of society. Understanding it helps you understand how careers, cities, and global trade came to look the way they do today.

The period of massive economic and technological change that began in Britain around 1760 is called the _____.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Before factories existed, goods were made by hand at home under a system called _____.

COTTAGE INDUSTRY

Name something the text tells us the Industrial Revolution changed.

HOW THINGS WERE MADE / WHERE PEOPLE LIVED / HOW PEOPLE WORKED

Machine-based manufacturing took place in large buildings called _____.

FACTORIES

Name something the text says the Industrial Revolution helps us understand today.

CAREERS / CITIES / GLOBAL TRADE

The Industrial Revolution began in Britain. The capital city of Britain is _____.

LONDON

Writing Prompt

What surprises you most about the idea that the way we work today was shaped by events from the 1700s?

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