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Chapter 17

Revolutions of Industrialization (1750-1914)


  • In the 12th century Industrial revolution turned global in Asia, Africa, and Latin American countries. 
  • Oil, natural gas, nuclear reactions added with coal became an easy energy. 
  • China was the world leader of technology innovation from 700 - 1400 C.E. 
  • Industrialization had spread by 1850 in Western Europe : France, Germany, Belgium, Bohemia, & Italy 
  • People who already owned land demanded to be classified s first class. 
  • Middle class - extremely health factory& mine owners, bankers, & merchants. Smaller businesses- doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, journalists, scientist, & others.  
  • Laboring Classes - manual workers, miners, ports, factories, construction sites, work shops and farms. Liverpools population went from 77,000 to 400,000. 
  • US by 1914 lead industrial power. 36% of the worlds manufactured goods was the US, 16% was Germany, 14% was Great Britain, and 6% for France. 

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