Industrial revolution & the European imperialism

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The industrial revolution was a period of time that changed the way that goods were produced. The production of goods went from manual labor to mechanical labor. This saved factories a lot of time and produced more goods than someone would manually. From the mid-1700s there were many inventors that developed many different types of machines that could be used to produce to large amounts of goods. The relationship between the industrial revolution and the European imperialism is that the western nation took over most of the nation which led into imperialism. Later there was an inventor who produced the steam engine. This was small but powerful and can be used either on land transportation or in water transportation. With the invention of the steam machine and the invention of the railroads transporting and exchanging goods between cities and even countries were a lot easier and cities and countries received their goods a lot faster. The industrial revolution was an important event that helped shape the western part of the world With all of these new machines and factories being bu...

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