Technology was a major reason for the Industrial Revolution because it allowed things to be done faster and more efficiently. The creation of steam engines allowed electricity to be made, which powered machines and automated processes in things such as the textile industry. Some of the things that made the textile industry better was the invention of the power loom, which dramatically increased the speed of weaving and allowed for factories to be made. The steam engine also allowed water to be pumped out of mines, which meant more resources such as coal, iron, sulfur, and other ores could be gathered more from the previously underwater nodes. However, technology was not the only reason for the industrial revolution, but so were the available resources.
Resources also helped to fuel the industrial revolution because it allowed more products to be made that made things go faster. For example, the creation of bleach from sulfuric acid and lead mines allowed the textile industry to make clothes faster and cheaper by bleaching them instead of soaking them in stale urine. This made forced people to move to cities and work in factories because they could not keep up with the rate of production. With more people working in factories, production scaled, and with more resources from these factories, people kept moving to cities and coal was continuously dug p for power, and more coal allowed them to increase production even more. Coal especially allowed the Industrial Revolution to unravel because it fueled steam engines which allowed for more coal to be mined which made railroads and other processes possible. Steam engines ran off of coal, and were used to factorize things, such as the digging up more coal. The Industrial revolution revolutionized the production of resources and technology, both of which helped to make the lives of people across the world easier
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