With the expression "the age of revolutions" we indicate that period in which Britain was influenced by 2 historical events: on one side, the Industrial Revolution changed Britain's social structure; on the other side, the French Revolution spread new ideas and beliefs.Through this kind of revolution ,British society aimed to get rid of old forms of government to search new ways to govern.
We don't have to forget that during the Augustan age Britain was more stable politically speaking, but all changed after the American Declaration of Independence (1776), who sealed the birth of the US , and so, the loss of the American colonies by Britain. In 1776, in fact, Thomas Jefferson wrote up the Declaration of Independence, in which he declared the egalitarian principles of the new America, where the rights to be guaranteed were those of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The expression "Industrial Revolution" usually refers to that period in which England had an economic development from 1760 to the middle of the 19 th century,and it sealed the Britain's transformation from an agricultural to an industrial country.
During this revolution , new sources of power (for example coal and steam) and technological inventions ( like the steam engine) were discovered.
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