Great changes were stirring in Europe around 1840—Queen Victoria had just taken the throne in England and the English Industrial Revolution was in full swing. Ever since the Middle Ages, as the centuries continued to pass, people were focusing less on religion and more on themselves. It may seem selfish, but in truth, it was necessary—the Industrial Revolution forced the majority of specialty tradesmen to retire from their respective professions. Goods were being mass-produced in factories and these goods were less expensive. The barter system, a way of trading goods and services between two parties, went out the window because nobody had anything to trade anymore.…
There were many reasons the Industrial Revolution began in England. There were the necessary resources in place, motivation was high for the workers, and different innovations helped increase production speed in factories. Without these points the Industrial revolution never would have started in England.…
The Industrial Revolution had major effects that were negative because many people in the Industrial Revolution had no education.However, people were not able to go to school because all their time had went into work.Since people in the Industrial Revolution were unable to go to school their reading and writing skills were very weak.…
There were unhealthy conditions and air pollution from all the factories. Also, there were unfair and unsafe conditions in factories, which resulted in people having medical problems. For example, in document 1, someone is interviewing a worker from a factory. The worker exclaims that he began working at the age of 10; he worked from five in the morning to nine at night and had one period of 40 minutes in the 16 hours at noon for a meal. Also, he wasn’t educated and could only read, but not write. More examples of bad factory conditions are in document 2, where another factory worker was interviewed about their experience in the factories. The man has damaged lungs, improper leg muscles, and he would die in a year. His doctor says it was caused by dust in the factories, overworking, and an insufficient diet. His brother died from a bad cut from a machine and of infection. The worker also stated that he knows that nearly a dozen children died during the two and a half years that he worked there. These examples show that there were many negative effects of the Industrial…
The industrial revolution in the mid-18th century was the most influential transformation of human culture. It was a period of great change, new industries developed rapidly as a result of a number of new inventions and the way in which things were produced.…
During the era of the Industrial Revolution many significant changes occurred in the lives and labor of most European citizens. These changes affected every aspect of their lifestyle and cultures and there was little they could do to prevent it. European nations were looking for more ways to expand in size and wealth. In the search for these ambitions the idea of using machinery to efficiently mass produce manufactured goods arose. This innovation completely altered the lives of many hardworking individuals and revolutionized the world they lived in. Laborers such as farmers, craftsmen, merchants and others lost their jobs due to new machinery, destroyed their families due to new difficult labor conditions and experienced corruption in their lifestyles and cultures because of the changes in social and economic standards. Documents such as The Work Year in Seventeenth-Century Lille, Labor Protest: Luddite Attack on a Water-Powered Textile Mill in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Weaving: A Sixteenth-Century German Weaver and His Loom, and Weaving: An English Cotton Mill are all primary sources published in the historical era of the…
Though some may say that for one society to benefit it does not have to cost another, actually, for one society to benefit, it has to come at the cost of another.Examples of how this viewpoint is shown include: America’s dominance of economy, leaving others to scramble (Doc 3). America’s control of the Middle East to get oil and other resources causing conflict (Doc 4). The wealthy having such a small population but high amount of money, vice versa for the very poor (Doc 6). Merchants taking farms from farmers, kickstarting the Industrial Revolution.…
The nineteenth century was a time of prosperity and growth for many regions, including England due to the height of the Industrial Revolution. This occurred in the early 1800’s causing cities to increase their populations and produce greater amounts of textile products through machinery. Manchester, England was among the developing cities due to its first mechanized cotton mill in the late eighteenth century . The growth of Manchester’s population and advancing technology caused innumerable issues such as dreadful working, living, and sanitary conditions which resulted in positive along with negative reactions from the public.…
A combination of worsened economic conditions, new technology and unfortunate government policy made the lives of farmers significantly more difficult in the second half of the nineteenth century. Increased global competition, the beginning of the national market, and increased domestic production caused the price of goods to drop dramatically. In the late 1800s people were encouraged to move west and start farms, and were given loans by banks and the government to do so. This led to a large increase in the amount of goods produced. By 1900, the amount of cotton produced was almost five times that produced in 1865, and the amount of wheat and corn near doubled (Source A).…
Pollution is something that people cause everyday of their lives and can be easily prevented. It harms the lives of many because it poisons the air with unhealthy toxins. Also, it dirties the water and soil on the Earth. This is seriously damaging the Earth and will continue to get worse if people do not fix their actions. One way to prevent pollution is carpooling, this way you don’t have to put waste into the air from more than one car. Most people do not care about this topic and they think one person won’t make a difference, but every little bit helps and it can’t hurt to help save the Earth because it dying quickly. Pollution needs to be addressed properly and the public must help save the Earth.…
The Industrial Revolution began in the 1700s and extended on through the mid 1840s. It started in Great Britain and then expanded into the Western Europe and to the United States.This Historical age was one of the most important periods in the history of human civilization.It changed the world so much that is repeatedly being compared to the change from hunter-gathering to farming. The result of this revolution would completely change the way humans act,how they work,the amount and type of goods they…
From the years of 1750-1830, the Industrial Revolution was a large part of the Great Britain’s culture. It brought many changes to the world in areas such as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology. Although it began in Great Britain, it subsequently spread throughout Western Europe, North America, Japan, and later on, the rest of the world. Even though the Industrial Revolution brought many negative changes to society at the time such as child labor, in the long run, it advanced our world into the thriving civilization it is today.…
Three factors influence the Industrial revolution, these factors include :a population boom: a canal boom: and policies of the government of parliament. The revolution first occurred in Britain and later spread throughout the world. Cotton also had a prevalent influence on the revolution, these influences are demonstrated in the Cottage Industries. The Industrial revolution created a major energy crisis which was solved by James Watt. During the revolution the first locomotive (the Rocket) was invented by George Stephenson, this invention greatly impacted the transportation of goods, which in turn had a large impact on the market and economy in Britain. The Industrial revolution, therefore, directly impacted the main transportation system of…
The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools, and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change helped life, but also hindered it as well. Pollution, such as CO2 levels in the atmosphere, rose, working conditions declined, and the number of women and children working increased. The government, the arts, literature, music and architecture and man's way of looking at life all changed during the period. Two revolutions took place, both resulting in productive but also dire consequences.…
The worker also became sick because of the unsanitary conditions and the dust down in coal mines. Women were hired more than men because they could be paid less and thought to work the machines better. Children were also hired most of the time because they were tiny and could fix the machines and they were fast with the machines.…