Modernity is the concept used for the social patterns that began to change the world about when?
A) the 1490s
B) the 1600s
C) the 1750s
D) the 1920s

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Modernity is generally understood to have begun in the 1750s with the onset of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism, which had profound effects on society and culture. The other options (A) the 1490s, (B) the 1600s, and (D) the 1920s do not mark significant turning points in the development of modernity.

Modernity Is the Concept Used for the Social Patterns That