We started using electricity in everyday life as technology is omnipresent and also represents an important aspect of our life. We started driving cars as the technology has been developed in the 19th century. We've started 'living' online as we have embraced the existance of the internet.
The correct answer should be Johnatan Swift, Henry Fielding, and Daniel Defoe. They were among the first European novelists, right up there with Cervantes. Swift is famous for Gulliver's Travels, Henry Fielding for Tom Jones, and Daniel Defoe for Robinson Crusoe. They popularized the medium and people started reading novels more than poetry.
Extreme conditions made it hard to establish routes connecting various region.