Year 8 studied about Industries and raw materials. Britain was the first country in the world to become industrialized.
Industrialization began about 200 years ago after the discovery that coal can be used to produce steam and that steam could be used to power machines. Machines did many of the jobs previously done by people. In those days transport was poor. There were no lorries or trains, no motorways or railways.Coal and other raw materials were heavy and expensive to move. This meant that most early industries grew up on Britain's coalfields.The most important industry became iron industry, and after 1856, steel.
