The Industrial Revolution can be described as the application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing.
During the 19th century, new approaches to manufacturing, such as Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts for muskets, took industry out of American households and artisans' workshops and put it, instead, in large semi-mechanized factories. The factory system mad mass production possible - the production of goods in large quantities. This development eliminated costly craftsmen who created one object from start to finish. Consequently, factory manufacturing became the cheapest way to produce goods- and eventually the most profitable. These changes in manufacturing brought about an Industrial Revolution- a massive change in social and economic organization resulting from the replacement of hand tools by machines and the development of large scale industrial revolution.
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