Question

"It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.
It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled." -Charles Dickens

Does this quote describe the revolutions of 1848 or the rise of the factory system?

Answer 1

What do you think?

Answer 2

Revolutions of 1848

Answer 3

Revolts against kings and queens?

http://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#q=Revolutions+of+1848+

http://www.google.com/search?q=factory+system&biw=1242&bih=585&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=KLwFVZLMJYnAggTX1oHwBw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Answer 4

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution