Industrial Revolution

My task is to connect the information I learned about the Industrial Revolution to the French Revolution and the African Slave Trade.

Both the Industrial and French Revolutions had enormous impacts on Europe and the entire world. These were some of the most influential time periods in the modern world and shaped people's views civilians' role in government and economies. The Industrial Revolution came at the tail end of the French Revolution and helped to make Europe the most powerful continent in the world.

The Industrial Revolution probably diminished the trans-atlantic slave trade. Because Europe was producing so many goods, there was not as much of a need for manual labor in the fields for agriculture. The IR diminished agriculture's role in society because of the massive increase in money from exported goods. Agriculture had for thousands of years played a vital role in societies' economies and since the Agricultural Revolution some 7,000 years ago it had been the main money maker.