The Positive And Negative Effects Of The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in 1750 due to the advancement in technology, and it spread throughout the world. Britain’s unique wealth, resources, education, population and access to trade was a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution suffered both positive and negative effects. A positive effect of the Industrial Revolution was the punishments. The negative effects of the Industrial Revolution were the working conditions, accidents and the pollution.
To begin, the industrial revolution had a positive effect throughout there revolution and a positive inside the industrial revolution. The positive effect of this revolution was the punishments inside the revolution and even though they were punishments it was still positive. The positive effect that happened with
The working conditions proved to be a negative effect inside the revolution because Elizabeth Bentley stated that “if they had been quarter hour late, a half an hour would been taken off. I got a penny an hour and they would have taken a half penny”. Another, negative effect of the working conditions inside the industrial revolution was that Frank Forrest had said “we were afraid to speak, and a workman then was afraid to carry a watch.” This proved to be a negative effect of the industrial revolution because they were afraid to carry a watch which had the labourers working all day and the workers didn't even know how long they were working or if they were later. Also, they probably were tired. In conclusion, the working conditions were one of thr negative effects inside the revolution because they would lose money for being late when they weren't making that much and the other people probably were working forever because they were scared to carry watches so they never knew what time it