"Though industrialization was most prominent in Europe, its transformative powers must be seen as a theme through the period of 1815-1848. "
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1848/section1.html
The British Industrial Revolution followed many ideas that came out of the French Revolution. Even new ideas began to emerge like Laissez Faire. During the Industrial Revolution British population seemed to double in size. Northern Europe began the center of all action during the time, being that coal and iron could be found in large amounts in that area. Due to the large shift in social change, political change was soon to come.
The Industrial Revolution began or you can started a new modern form of a capitalist system. What shocked me the most had to be the fact that workers had "rights". In 1802 an act was passed to protect workers. The Industrial Revolution shifted power from what people during that time was used to seeing. Was Tradition shifting?
Later on the United States gave Britain some challenge on the Industrial side!!!!
Amanda Martinez
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