American Event #1

The first American event during the Industrial Revolution in Britain is obvious, the American Revolution.
The American Revolution lasted from 1775 to 1783. America rebelled against her mother country, Britain, in order to gain her independence. The Revolution happened in the very early days of the Industrial Revolution, which is normally given the dates 1780 to 1830. Losing their New World possessions forced Britain into using their own resources rather than America, and luckily, they had plenty of iron and coal deposits, which were major factors in the Industrial Revolution. The American movement for Independence can be seen as a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution in Britain because it caused Britain to use what they had in their country, which ended up being enough to start an age of industrialization.