In the 1700's, England was the world's leading colonial power. England's colonies also provided a market for manufactured products. The manufacture and export of various cloths were vital to the English economy in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were ...

The Industrial Revolution was a period of extreme transition. It had a quite positive effect on the living and working conditions. People benefited mainly through the inventions of machines, which replaced hard labor, and also wages were increased which provided families with better households to li...