Industrialization in the 19th Century

Conservativism

Throughout the century, conservative kings and their aristocratic advisors remained in power in most European states. But the 19th century was furthermore a century of advancement, calm, and marvelous communal change. The Industrial Revolution which had started in England throughout the second half of the 18th century, disperse to the Netherlands and France; from there to Germany, Northern Italy, the United States, and Japan. By the end of the century, it was starting to have an influence on Russia. The substitution of appliance work for human and animal work constituted the most significant communal change, in ...