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e N eteenth Cent
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY w the revolutionary ideas which Napoleon had spread throughout Euro gin to ar fruit in one coun try after another. Only the Hapsbur in Austria consistently held the line for traditionalism, but even there li rals could not entirely suppre ed In addition, the Industrial Revolution brought in its wake the ri of mmunism, a revolutionary ideology which would spread suffering and destruction throughout the world
The Industrial Revolution
If we compare the eighteenth century to our own, p bably the first difference we would notice is that of ience, technology, industry and in vention fore 1750, pr ucts were made in homes or small sho Now, most pr ucts are manufactured in factorie fore 1750, trans rtation was no faster than a hor could run or a ship could pick up wind in its il Now we have cars, tra s, steamships, airplane r ket mmunica tion was slow then; letters were carried on hor back from one place to another. Now we can communicate in conds with any part of the world cause pr ucts were made by hand in the past, the quantities that could pr uced were small. Now pr ucts are made in the millions and are available to everyone. Most men lived on farms or in small towns. Now men live in large citie M t men u d to own their own land or property so that they could economically independent Now many ple de nd on a b in a busine or factory. All of these changes from a simple, slow moving way of life to a materialistic, complicated one are called the I us trial R olutio
