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CHAPTER 20
582 CHAPTER20 The IndustrialRevolutionand Its Impacton EuropeanSocietyLCHAPTER OUTLINE The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain The Spread of Industrialization The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution ConclusionFOCUS QUESTIONS What conditions and developments coalesced in Great Britain to bringabout the first Industrial Revolution? What were the basic features of the new industrial system created bythe Industrial Revolution? How did the Industrial Revolution spread from Great Britain to theContinent and the United States, and how did industrialization in thoseareas differ from British industrialization? What effects did the Industrial Revolution have on urban life, socialclasses, family life, and standards of living?
struction of new roads, bridges, and, beginning in the 1750s and 1760s, canals. By 1780, roads, rivers, and canals linked the major industrial centers of the North, the Midlands, London, and the Atlantic. Unlike the conti-nental countries, Britain had no internal customs barri-ers to hinder domestic trade.
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