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Industrial Revolution and Reform

Industrial Revolution and Reform

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

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As people learned to grow enough food to sustain a population, civilization could use their knowledge on other matters. This period of technological innovation became known as the Industrial Revolution. Starting in Great Britain, learn how innovation spread throughout Europe and across the sea as well as how it affected the people of the time.