From the beginning of history to the year of 1800, the work of man was done by hand tools. However, during the year of 1800 the shift from hand tools to power machinery occurred and was called the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution grew gradually out of the technical practices of earlier times. The first country to be affected by the Industrial Revolution was Great Britain. <Tab/>First, Great Britain practiced the policy …showed first 75 words of 478 total…

…showed last 75 words of 478 total…a free market. <Tab/>Great Britain was the first country to adopt the transition from hand-held tools to machines. Through the Agricultural Revolution there was a rise in the productivity of and of farm labor. Since the British conquered a colonial empire, they staked out markets all over the America's and Europe, and built a mercantile marine. Through many agricultural and mercantile reasons, Great Britain was the first country to industrialize.