The Industrial Revolution Quotes

“The intensity of work could be varied to suit the rhythms of the countryside, and the family was able to spend a great deal of time together.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

“Not only did these new urban centers draw in large numbers of people who had previously lived in rural areas, but they also shifted the balance of power in Great Britain.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

“Textile production was so important to the British economy that a new act was passed making it illegal to export textile machinery or designs.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

“These factories needed large numbers of workers; some factory operators built towns and villages just to accommodate their workers. For the first time, a new manufacturing process actually created new urban centers.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

“It would not be an exaggeration to say that, without the growth in the iron industry and the improvements in the quality of iron introduced by men like Abraham Darby and Henry Cort, the Industrial Revolution could not have happened.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

“Great Britain, in particular, was involved in what became called the triangular trade. British merchant ships would buy sugar (or molasses, the liquid form of sugar) in the Caribbean. The sugar would then be taken either back to Britain or to British colonies in New England where it was sold for distillation into rum. The profits from the sale of sugar or molasses were used to buy manufactured goods in the local area. These were then taken to British colonies on the west coast of Africa where they were traded for slaves. The slaves were taken to the Caribbean where they were sold to plantation owners and the profits were used to buy sugar or molasses to start the whole route over again.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

“from around the middle of the eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth (historians still disagree about the precise dates) there was another revolution which proceeded much more slowly and less dramatically but which changed human society more profoundly than any other event during the last five hundred years.”
― Hourly History, The Industrial Revolution: A History From Beginning to End