The men who make it are craftsmen: the millwright, the watchmaker, the canal builder, the blacksmith.What makes the Industrial Revolution so peculiarly English is that it is rooted in the countryside.
There was a consumer revolution, as people in England and elsewhere started to replace durable, homemade goods with cheaper, mass-produced alternatives.
Margaret Thatcher's revolution in Britain is a case in point—something that may have influenced Olson's strong support for democracy in his later writings.
It was an extremely important city during the American Revolution – the revolution against Great Britain when America separated itself and became the United States of America.
This urgency was provoked by two important revolutions: the French Revolution of 1789-1794 and the English Industrial Revolution, which happened more slowly, but with astonishing consequences.
With the British Industrial Revolution coming into its full swing, the capitalist class came to dominate not only the means of production, but also trade and world market.
By pouring scorn on the feverish violence of rebellion and prophesying mob-rule and military dictatorship in France, Burke raised the most authoritative voice in Britain in denouncing the Revolution.
By the end of the 19th Century, the USA had overtaken the UK as the world's fastest growing economy, and America's " economic imperialism" continued the momentum of the British Industrial Revolution into the 20th Century.