We are in the midst of an exciting time for our new country! People are calling it the Industrial Revolution. There is much more mass production of goods, more manufacturing with machinery! How did this begin? Well, it began in England a few years ago. The British were burning large amounts of coal and began mass producing products. We followed in the footsteps of Britain, after the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. We are looking to the future to see more factories being built, and more jobs being created!