Western Civilization II / Unit 9 WC2 0802 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Revolution That Took a Century: 1750, 1830, 1860 to 1914
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The idea
The revolution began in Britain about seventeen fifty, spread to western Europe from about eighteen thirty, matured in the fifties and sixties, and gave overwhelming power from about eighteen sixty to nineteen fourteen. Historians dispute the word revolution for so slow a change; the anchor keeps it.
In practice
Technology first, then economy and society.
Where people slip
As momentous, the anchor says, as farming's invention.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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