Industrial Revolution – Revolution or Evolution

A Revolution is an action taken to change the order of things, an example being a rebellion against an existing government or authority. Real life examples would be the French Revolution and the English Revolution.

Evolution on the other hand is a natural occurrence of events or a progression of events. Progression is not necessarily rapid and could refer to natural development or it could refer to intentional development. I.E. computers have evolved a lot since the cumbersome early computers, and frankly, their still evolving.

Overall, The industrial revolution was not a Revolution at all! No one rebelled attempted to overthrow a government, so what aspect of revolution does it hold? It was without doubt an Evolution, a period of time where our technologies developed a lot.

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