<Tab/>During the 18th century, a great change occurred in Britain. Britain became an industrialized country and an empire. The Industrial Revolution can be regarded as a technological change in Britain when manufacturing began to rely on steam power rather than on animal labour or wind power. The overall economic shift towards large scale industry rather than small scale individual operations. The British Empire was expanding rapidly during the 18th century. …showed first 75 words of 815 total…

…showed last 75 words of 815 total…safe because of its strong army and its landscape. The British Empire and the Industrial Revolution are both connected and helped each other. The British Empire enhanced the Industrial Revolution while the revolution expanded and strengthened the British Empire. If either one of them failed then it would lead to the fall of the British Empire which did happen in the 20th century. The British Empire and the Industrial Revolution are dependant on each other.