The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution ... metal fabrication Industrial firms produce the materials and finished products we rely on in ...

Because Britain was at the time of the Industrial Revolution a global trading empire that controlled many colonies, it had an abundance of resources from the colonized regions. The raw materials ...

Before the Industrial Revolution ... textiles and cloth were made in people’s homes. Raw materials, such as wool, flax and cotton, would be spun into yarn using a spinning wheel and woven ...