Impact of the Industrial Revolution WebQuest“A Changing World: How Industry Transformed Work, Society, and the Global Economy”Essential QuestionHow did the Industrial Revolution change daily life, the economy, technology, and society in the 18th and 19th centuries?BackgroundThe Industrial Revolution, beginning in England in the mid-1700s, was a period of rapid technological and economic change. New machines, factories, transportation systems, and energy sources dramatically increased production.