The Industrial Revolution forced the majority of specialty tradesmen to retire from their respective professions because goods were being mass-produced in factories and these goods were cheap.
Explanation:
The Industrial Revolution was the process of economic, social and technological transformation that began in the second half of the eighteenth century in Great Britain, which spread a few decades later to much of Western Europe and North America, and which concluded between 1820 and 1840. During this period the largest set of economic, technological and social transformations in the history of humanity since the Neolithic took place, which saw the transition from a rural economy based primarily on agriculture and trade to an economy of urban, industrialized and mechanized character.
From this moment on, a transition began that would end centuries of labor based on manual labor and the use of animal traction, being replaced by machinery for industrial manufacture and for the transport of goods and passengers. This transition began towards the end of the 18th century in the textile industry, as well as in the extraction and use of coal. The expansion of trade was possible thanks to the development of communications, with the construction of railways, canals, and roads. The transition from a mainly agricultural economy to an industrial economy greatly influenced the population, which experienced rapid growth, especially in the urban sphere. The introduction of the steam engine by James Watt (patented in 1769) in the different industries, was the definitive step in the success of this revolution, since its use meant a spectacular increase in production capacity. Later, the development of ships and steam railways, as well as the development of the internal combustion engine and electric power in the second half of the 19th century, meant unprecedented technological progress.
