A Need for Change By the mid-1700s, however, changes in Great Britain led to a greater demand for manufactured goods. As agriculture and roads improved, cities and populations grew. Overseas trade also expanded. Traditional manufacturing methods did not produce enough goods to meet everyone’s needs.

People began using machines to create processes that made goods in more efficient ways. They also discovered new power resources to fuel the machines. These developments led to the Industrial Revolution, a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.

People using machines to create processes that made goods in more efficient ways led to the?