The Factory Age
Factories.
During the 1700s, norther Europeans invented many new machines that were powered by water or by steam. They built canals across the countryside, and used barges to carry goods such as cloth and pottery from new factories. By the middle of the 19th century, steam trains were puffing through the fields of Europe and North America. There were new cotton mills and coal mines. More and more people left their villages to look for work in the new cities. While most workers were very poor in the 1800s, the owners of some fatories grew very rich.
The first passenger railroad-The first railroad to carry passengers ran from Stockton to Darlington, in England. It opened in 1825.
Around the world-Europeans took over more and more land around the world in the 1700s and 180s. This picture shows the Indians fighting the British in the Indian Mutiny, It developed into a battle against the British ruling India.
Industrial Britain-The age of factories started in Britain and soon spread to northern Europe and America. Smoke from factory chimneys blackened towns and cities an even the surrounding countryside.
The French Revolution- During the French Revolution, which began in 1789, King Louis XVI and many French lords and ladies were executed in front of large crowds. They had their heads cut off by a sharp blade call the guillotine.
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