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WATCH: Unit 3 Overview

In 1750, many people did things in ways that would have been recognizable to their ancestors. Most everything was made in the home, farm, or small artisanal shops, and mostly by hand. The Industrial Revolution began when people learned to harness new fossil fuels and machines to do work. It transformed the way we worked, the places we lived, our sense of families and identities, our relationships to our food and to each other, and much more. The results weren’t the same for everyone, but they helped to shape the modern world.

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