Chapter 20 - The Industrial Revolution and its Impact on European Society

steam engine

steam engine

The ________ also revolutionized the production of cotton goods and allowed factories to be more spread out.

early eighteenth century

In the ________, new methods of smelting iron ore to produce cast iron were devised, based on the use of coke or ‘ ‘ coke that was made by slowly burning coal.

Toll stations

________ on important rivers and customs barriers along state boundaries increased the costs and prices of goods.

nineteenth century

In the first half of the ________, much of India fell under the control of the British East India Company.