The industrial revolution, or the First and Second industrial revolutions that happened during 18th and 19th centuries, are directly connected to the Age of Imperialism: new technology demanded new raw materials to feed newly existent ways of generating power. It was the process of accelerated industrialization the origin of the need for new raw materials and consumer markets.
The First Industrial Revolution (second half of the 1700s) happened mostly on the industry. Its most radical transformation was due to the steam engine that increased production, changed the dynamics between the city and the countryside and the division of labor.
The Second Industrial Revolution was greater in terms of changes in the daily life. It was during the 1800s that happened main breakthroughs that lead to widespread use of electricity, for example. It made transports and communications faster, increasing communication and connectivity in certain parts of the world like a few European countries (mainly England) and the U.S.
To the rest of the world these revolutions meant a violent form of "connectivity". Industrialized countries now needed many natural goods they didn't have enough in their territory. Several countries were invaded and colonized and had their natural goods stolen and/or overtly explored in order to support the economic changes in Europe and the U.S., besides serving as consumer markets.
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During the french revolution in 1789, they came up with new policies and concepts of human rights and universal civilisation, policies in the favor of the french citizens and other such other changes took place.
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The Haitian revolution in 1791 was influenced by the French Revolution and it was led by the slaves who fought for their rights and freedom and ending the system of white slave owners and they were succeeded not just to end the slavery but to gain control over the French colony.
The Haitian Slave resistance had a worldwide effect that came to past the island. A portion of these impacts included loss of land and assets for the frontier French realm, expanded worry of future slave uprisings in the United States.
