The industrial revolution brought about significantly social changes in Britain. It is obvious that a class of industrialists‚ ship owners‚ merchants accumulated great weath. However‚ many researchers devoted their time in investigating the effects to ordinary people. According to a post of Nardinelli (n.d)‚ there was an argument on the time when living condition were improved. “The pessimists claim no marked improvement in standards of living until the 1840s or 1850s. Most optimists‚ by contrast
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The work conditions during the Industrial Revolution had an intense and often harmful effect on children who were forced to work. The main reason that factory owners employed children was because of their small size‚ so they could fit into small spaces and use their hands to unclog machines if they were jammed. Children were also cheap to employ‚ and they usually agreed to punishment‚ unlike the adults working. One of the most common jobs that children had to pursue was working in the textile industry
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Most people left their farms because of the enclosure system and moved to the towns the move from countryside to towns is call “urbanization”.Children living in urban areas during the industrial revolution had no option but to become miners‚factory workers or street kids. Most of the children were orphans (the life expectancy was not very high) and had no one to stand up for them. Mines: Around this time the demand for coal was increasing‚ because there was a shortage of flammable sources and
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Prior to the industrial revolution‚ human had not done much to leave much of a footprint on earth. However‚ from the very first industrial revolution‚ up until now‚ a mere approximation of 250 years. In just this time we‚ as humans have cared for there to be a substantial increase in carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ and nitrous oxide. There are also over 5.25 trillion pieces of trash in just the ocean alone. In addition‚ human activity during this has led to extinction‚ danger of extinction‚ and misplacement
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During the Second Industrial Revolution‚ most Western nations saw the need for mass education. Their primary goal was to provide a well-trained‚ skilled labor force for white collar jobs. Another goal was to educate the future generation of voters. Also‚ by putting children of different cultures‚ nationalities and religions into schools‚ helped to unite people into a common belief of nationalism. The way to achieve these goals was to provide mandatory state-financed schools for children ages
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The Industrial revolution provided an opportunity for a handful of Americans to amass a great deal of wealth and prosper. The conditions that allowed for the rise of these Americans were cheap labor‚ a lack of government regulations‚ and improved technology in manufacturing and communications. Some Americans were convinced that these industrialists were crooks‚ stealing from the public to build their fortunes. By increasing goods‚ creating jobs and expanding markets‚ others would argue they were
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children. This practice is illegal in many countries. In rich countries it is considered as a human rights violation. Child labor goes back a long way in time. During the Victorian era‚ many young children were made to work in factories and mines and as chimney sweeps. Child labor played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. Charles Dickens worked at the age of 12 in the Blacking Factory‚ while his family was in debtor’s prison. In those days‚ children as young as four were employed
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The Industrial Revolution Introduction: Webster’s Dictionary defines a Revolution in various ways. First it states that a revolution is “a sudden‚ radical or complete change.” Secondly revolution can be defined as “an activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation. Another definition says that revolution is a “fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something: a change in paradigm.” Finally Webster states that a revolution
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Another issue that emerged during the industrial Revolution was the high levels of child labour. Children as young as 5 years of age worked in the factories and mines of the times (Oxford University. 2013. 66(2)). Workdays of 13 to 14 hours where common in children ages 7 and up (Hutchins‚ Hariison‚ 1911:25). These long hours were accompanied by poor working and living conditions. Up to 80 children stayed in one room and this lead to health problems as it made it possible for ilnesses and fevers
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and merchants. People were divided from landowning elite to the peasants. Now in the great year of 1830‚ people are now industrial capitalist‚ inventors‚ laborers‚ shopkeepers‚ and factory clerks. Before‚ to be in an upper class it was based on birth‚ now it is based on education‚ so anybody can be in the upper class. We‚ as Englishmen‚ had a head start on the industrial revolution‚ our cotton industry is booming‚ we have railroads invented for fast transportation‚ and the steam engine puts a demand
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