The Industrial Revolution, which took place between 1750 ... so factory owners could look to sell their products to a wider market, both in Britain and abroad. This prompted improvements in ...

The railroad made possible the Second Industrial Revolution. At the start of the Civil War, the United States had about 30,000 miles of track. The number of miles of railroad track tripled between ...

The larger population in turn created a ready market for a lot of British ... to have played an important role in the rise of the Industrial Revolution. This is because it was used to fuel the ...