Industrial Revolution Dbq Analysis

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.

At the start of the nineteenth century, the working conditions in Manchester immediately decreased, becoming
For example, a French socialist, Flora Tristan recognizes the fatal conditions and constructs a poor view on the Industrial Revolution and it's effects. She expresses her opinion about the life quality in Manchester, “they are wizened, sickly and emancipated, their bodies thin and frail, their limbs feeble, their complexions pale, their eyes dead” (Doc 7). Not only was the population dying at frightening rates, but the citizens disapproved the machines and factories replacing them in the work force. Also, Frances Anne Kemble crudely speaks about the protests against machinery and the government's inadequacy to sustain a healthy, happy community(Doc 4). As described by Tocqueville, Manchester’s populace lost it's optimism and had degraded back into the savage (Doc 5). Consequently, society’s way of thinking devolved from enthusiastic and passionate to despair and misery. Noticed by Edwin Chadwick, as well, was, “an adult population short-lived, reckless, and intemperate, and with habits of sensual gratification” (Doc 6). He observed the hopelessness of each worker transporting from one tortuous burden to the next. Ultimately, some occupants perceived a negative view of the Industrial Revolution due to the treacherous conditions and demoralized