The industrial revolution was a shift from the old methods of manufacturing to the new methods, this took place from 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. After the industrial revolution, areas which were rich in its resources such as rubber and petroleum began to become the colonies of the European powers
Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate son William was exiled to Britain because of his Loyalist activities during the American Revolutionary War. William Franklin, born around 1730, was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin.
