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Industrialization

A global process characterized by significant increases in human numbers, industrial advancements, and economic discoveries.

Industrial Revolution

A period that began in the early eighteenth century, marked by an emerging energy crisis and technological innovations.

Mass production of cotton textiles

A technological breakthrough that led to a drastic reduction in prices, making cotton cloth widely accessible in the nineteenth century.

Two factors explaining the Industrial Revolution

Europe’s growing political, military, and economic power globally and internal dynamics within Europe.

Britain by 1800

The world’s leading industrial power, maintaining its status for the next century.

Impact of the Industrial Revolution

Profoundly affected the global balance of power, contributing to Western Europe's dominance.

Regions affected by the Industrial Revolution

Included Russia, Japan, Latin America, and Egypt.

First industrial societies

Emerged in Great Britain, the United States, Western Europe, Russia, and Japan.

Spread of industrialization in the late nineteenth century

Industrialization began to reach other parts of the world, including Latin America.

Emerging energy crisis

A crisis that accompanied the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, leading to new energy experiments.