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    The Industrial Revolution‚ 1760-1850 The Industrial Revolution transformed human life by changing methods of manufacturing‚ the way people made a living‚ and the products available to them. The Nature of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was made up of four sets of changes: first‚ the introduction of new technology; second‚ the use of new mineral sources of energy; third‚ a concentration of workers in factories;

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    life for all time. The Industrial Revolution started in Britain. In contrast with most political revolutions‚ it was neither sudden nor swift. Instead‚ it was a long slow‚ uneven process in which production shifted from simple hand tools to complex machines. New sources of power replaced human and animal power. In the 250 years since it began‚ the Industrial Revolution has spread from Britain to the rest of Europe‚ to North America‚ and around the globe. 4. Industrial-age travellers moved rapidly

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    the Atlantic Slave Trade were products of Western Europe’s expansion of power that began at the beginning of the 1500’s through the 1900‘s. The main contributing European countries to the Atlantic Slave Trade were Portugal‚ Spain‚ the Netherlands‚ France‚ and England. Portugal lead the movement during the 1400’s and arrived in Western Africa in hopes to find Christian allies to spread Christianity against the Muslims of Northern Africa. But they soon became more interested in trade (Hine‚ Hine &

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    Positive vs. negative outcomes from the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution started in England during the 1700s and spread throughout the rest of Europe. The Industrial Revolution was a time of new inventions‚ products‚ and methods of work. The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. Do the short-term negative effects outweighe the long-term positive effects of the Industrial Revolution? Short-term negative effects included

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    History Living Conditions: As the industrial revolution gathered pace‚ housing was needed for more and more workers. Some landlords seized the opportunity to exploit this situation. They made their profits by cramming as many poorly-built houses into as small a space as possible. Such as cramped‚ squalid living conditions proved the perfect breeding ground for disease. The new factories were like magnets. Made small tows overcrowded cities due to the knock on effect. The development of factories

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    Atlantic slave trade

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    Write story about a slave point of view going from west africa acros the atlantic to the america and include facts. Atlantic slave trade Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction inCharleston‚ South Carolina‚ in 1769. Slavery The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across theAtlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World‚ many on the triangular trade route and its Middle

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    Read p.435-440 notes/MI The Atlantic slave trade MI: Trade was the basis of Portuguese relations with Africans‚ the Portuguese provided African rulers with slaves in return they received ivory‚ pepper‚ animal skin and gold. · Portuguese ships pushed down the west of Africa coast and reached the cape of good hope · They established factories‚ forts and trading posts with resident merchants‚ along the cost · El mina(1482) was the most important‚ it was a gold producing region · Africans

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    The Industrial Revolution Introduction: Webster’s Dictionary defines a Revolution in various ways. First it states that a revolution is “a sudden‚ radical or complete change.” Secondly revolution can be defined as “an activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation. Another definition says that revolution is a “fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something: a change in paradigm.” Finally Webster states that a revolution

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    2/11/12 Research Paper Positive and Negative Effects of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution had many effects on the world that have helped us pave the way for technology today; these effects are split into three main groups‚ economic effects‚ social effects‚ and political effects. There were many positive economic effects that came out of the Industrial Revolution. New inventions and development of factories spurred trade and industry in many ways including the rapid construction

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    The industrial revolution that began in Europe changed society in many ways. Some of these changes were positive while others were negative. The industrial revolution had no laws‚ little pay‚ no jobs and was very unsanitary. Children had no education‚ worked in factories with their mother. The factory owners did not care about their employees working conditions. But the great thing is that they started to build inventions to help people have an easier living. New technology made productions of goods

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