The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a time of change. Between 1760 and 1840, people began replacing more primitive hand production methods with mechanical ones. More and more processes were becoming automatic, easy. No longer would everything have to be made by laborers. Sounds great doesn't it? Unfortunately, there is a catch. To power all these new machines, they needed fuel. So they used coal; a fossil fuel. To learn more about coal and fossil fuels, click here.