Positive And Negative Effects Of The British Industrial Revolution

During the late 1700’s, Britain's villages were isolated. This was due to the poor condition of roads and inability to recover and spread news. Being so, everything was made handmade which did not produce that much income and wasted time. The British Industrial Revolution then began in the late 1700’s. The Industrial Revolution lead to various inventions. Such inventions aided people, like the railroad that allowed people to migrate to the cities. The Revolution brought about both negative and positive outcome towards the economy and society. Some may think that these positive effects outweighed the negative, yet, that is false. The Industrial Revolution brought more negative effects than positive. Three negative effects from the Industrial Revolution are child labor, harsh working conditions, and unhygienic living standards.
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Besides the serious circumstances in the factories, the workers had to deal with various issues involving their homes. There was very little housing, so workers would have to cramp five to six people into one room. Each floor also contained one bathroom for the four or five rooms on it. Besides the space issue, there were extreme issues with sanitation. Garbage and waste was strewn all among the streets and homes. Document seven states, “The streets are usually unpaved, full of holes, filthy and strewn with refuse. … One walks along a very rough path on the river bank to reach a chaotic group of little, one-story, one-room cabins… In front of the doors, filth and garbage abounded.” This piece of evidence is describing the excessive amount of filth that surrounded the streets and homes of the workers. It also provides sense of how confined they were. The industrial revolution in general was a negative time because the unsanitary and crowded living conditions caused illnesses and even death for