The Industrial Revolution- defined as 'the change from an agricultural to an industrial civilization that took place from about the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century.' Sounds like it's unimportant, doesn't it? That could not be any further from the truth. The Industrial Revolution was neither sudden nor swift. It was a long, slow process in which production from hand tools to machines and in which new sources …showed first 75 words of 1200 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1200 total…the large amounts of governmental reform in the late stages of the Industrial Revolution, it was a time of immense pain and suffering for people, especially children. And people today seem to think that they work hard and earn every cent. We take the little things for granted like not having to wait 12 hours for a break. In 1750, people had to work for 16 hours for an infinitesimal amount of money. Now that is hard work.