The Industrial Revolution was an era from 1750 to 1900 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, society, and urban areas and had a lasting effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of that time. It began in Britain, where the first inventions such as the steam engine and the train were first made. However, it later was spread to France after its annexation of the country, where they improved on the industrial technology the British made. Soon, it spread throughout Europe, the Americas, China, Japan, and eventually the rest of the world.