Original text - English - The Industrial Revolution began when power-driven...

The Industrial Revolution began when power-driven machines started doing work that people had always done by hand. It started more than 250 years ago , in about 1750 .The Industrial Revolution is still going on today in some parts of the world. Before the Industrial Revolution , most people lived by farming. There was little industry. Any manufacturing was done in homes or in small workshops close to home . People used craft skills , such as weaving or in small workshops close to home . People used craft skills , such weavin or woodworking , to produce goods for their families or to sell in towns. The Industrial Revolution took production out of homes and workshops and into big factories , where machines did much of the work. People moved from the countryside into industrial cities , where they could work in the factories. New roads , canals , railroads, and steamships were built to carry factory-made goods and the raw materials to make them .