The document summarizes key aspects of the Industrial Revolution which occurred between the 1750s and mid-1800s and involved Great Britain, England, France, Germany and the United States. There was large-scale migration from rural to urban areas due to an increased demand for workers in cities. Early industries like textiles boomed with inventions like the steam engine, cotton gin and loom. The steam engine, cotton gin and Bessemer process were important inventions that advanced manufacturing. Pasteurization and inventions by Thomas Edison also occurred during this time period. Romanticism grew as an artistic movement in reaction to the Industrial Revolution.