Booming Industry During The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a time of advancement and greatness in the world for all. It was a major change from 1760 to the period of 1820 all the way to 1840. The movement started in Great Britain and affected anything and everything from industrial manufacturing processes all the way to the daily life of the average normal citizen. This paper is about discussing the Industrial Revolution and all the effects it had on the world as a whole. The main booming industry of the time was the textiles or cloth industry. It had the most workers, output, and invested capital. This industry was the first one to take on the new modern production methods. The transition to machine powered work massively increased productivity and efficiency a lot. This extended all the way to iron
Prior to the industrial revolution, most cotton spinning was done with a wheel in the home. These advances allowed families to increase their productivity and output enormously. It gave them a way more disposable income and enabled them to facilitate the growth of a more large consumer goods market. The lower classes were able to spend. For the first time in history, the masses had a sustained growth in living standards. Social historians noted the change in where people lived. Industrialists wanted way more workers and the new technology largely confined itself to the large factories in the cities. Thousands and thousands of people who lived in the countryside came to the cities permanently. It led to the growth of cities across the world, including London, Manchester, and Boston. The permanent shift from rural living to city living has endured to the present day. Trade between nations increased as they often had massive surpluses of consumer goods they couldn’t sell in the domestic market. The rate of trade increased and made nations like Great Britain and the United States richer than ever