Homework - Using the notes as a source, gather and organize the evidence that would be useful in answering the question, "What made the Industrial Revolution so "revolutionary'?
Also, develop a "rough draft" topic sentence that could be useful in answering this question.
Think about the following two statements and video clips as you gather your evidence
Statement # 1 - In its Millennium Issue, the British magazine The Economist wrote, "The industrial change, however, was neither as swift not as complete as is often thought. Tradition describes a roaring take-off between 1770 and 1830, driven by a handful of technological innovations, such as textile machinery and James Watt's improved steam engines; and, hey presto, Britain is "the workshop of the world". In fact, the process had begun in the 17th century and was still incomplete in the 1830s, by when only a few industries - mining, metal-working, textiles, brewing - had taken to "factory" methods."
Statement # 2 - Nobel Prize winner in ecnomics Robert E. Lucas described the Industrial Revolution by saying, "For the first time in history, the living standards of the masses of ordinary people have begun to undergo sustained growth... Nothing remotely like this economic behavior has happened before."
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