Chapter 2: The Industrial Revolution and Europe

Painting of the industrial achievement of the Crystal Palace during the 1851 Great Exhibition.

Figure 1: The Interior of the Crystal Palace of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Illustration showing child labor of a boy pulling coal in an enclosed tunnel.

Figure 2: A Young Boy Pulling Coal

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, students are expected:

1. To demonstrate the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution

2. To describe why Britain was the first country to industrialize.

3. To analyze the connections between European industrialization and global history.