Industrial Revolution the Nineteenth Century Essay

Manufacturing was completely transformed, along with the society which arose up around it. And both the production of agriculture and the steam powered engines of ships and locomotives, allowed for an ever increasing population to be fed and to travel and communicate much easier. In other words, the Industrial Revolution transformed manufacturing and agriculture, transportation, which allowed for an increase in population and the creation of a new urban-based society.

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