Throughout centuries‚ there have been numerous events and modifications that influenced the lifestyle we are capable of having in the present day. The Industrial Revolution began around the 18th and 19th centuries where major transformations in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ transport‚ mining‚ and technology had a reflective effect on society throughout the world; with the help of a few talented‚ intelligent inventors‚ such as James Watt‚ Eli Whitney‚ & Thomas Edison they innovated upon previous works
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Did you know Dickens would walk ten to twenty miles a day in the city? (David) Charles Dickens was always trying to look out for the poor. The world of Charles Dickens is best understood through his own life‚ industrialized London and scriptures concerning the poor. Charles Dickens early life
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The Second Industrial Revolution began about 1875 and instead of using iron as the main building material‚ steel became the preference. It was lighter‚ stronger and more flexible. People moved away from the use of steam power to a new way of making things move by using electricity and petroleum. This new was of energy allowed homes to have lights at night and street lights. Electricity opened the door to the use of the telegraph and telephone. It also allowed factories and mills to run as long
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{Opinion- The industrial revolution era was very unbearable for people to live and work causing many people to contract diseases and live in instantiated areas.} According to the author of the Modern World Textbook of Industrial Revolution by Vern Cleary‚ it extensively reviews the disasters of the industrial revolution that had gripped everyone in the working class. It goes on that the core of this eras problems was how difficult it was to provide food and clothing for your family. This evidence
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sacrifice of health and poor work hours during the Industrial Revolution eventually led to the advanced high tech life we live. The Revolution strengthened the economy by making production easier and quicker allowing for more money to be made. The Revolution really struck ground in a new type of technology which influenced the devices we still use today. Finally sacrifices of health further allowed for the industrial revolution to thrive. Although the Industrial Revolution brought disease and poor living
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technology all over the world. However‚ energy changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution impacted countless citizens all over the world in ways that affected their production and living standards. Up until the Industrial Revolution‚ wood was used for both as a fuel and a building material. American and English adoption of coal and iron as energy resources was a critical driving factor during the Industrial Revolution since the adoption improved transportation resources and promoted mass
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During the industrial revolution there were two types of people throughout society. Those who loved industrializing and improving their standard of living and those who felt it was necessary to worry about the environment and how the earth would be affected. Cases were brought to people on how the factories were destroying and corrupting the earth’s environment when in reality they didn’t look at the good and they had little to no information on the environment. I have believed the state of a self
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the problems of modern society.” Those of the working class during the Industrial Revolution could have used this motivation to stand up against the unfair wages‚ hours‚ and conditions of their workplace. Male workers were treated poorly‚ but female and child workers were treated worse. The laborers soon united together to create one force against the employers to stand up for their rights. The workers of the Industrial Revolution became aware that their conditions were inhumane and unacceptable
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inventions. Inventions made it easier for people to do their jobs and get them finished quicker. Many new inventions made during this time period where the spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ steam engine and locomotive. The inventors of these inventions were Jasmes Hargreaves‚ Richard Arkwright‚ Jame ’s Watt and Richard Trevithick. New ideas‚ methods‚ and machinery helped the Industrial Revolution go at a faster pace. The spinning jenny was invented by Jasmes Hargreaves. This machine could spin eight threads
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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 1700s and is defined as the movement to powered machinery. Before‚ work was done by hand‚ but five key factors changed everything. The agricultural movement increased the food supply and decreased the labor and cost of food. This led to the population boom essential for the Enclosure Movement. The Enclosure Acts allowed the rich to fence off estates‚ which forced the growing population into cities‚ creating a large labor force. Great Britain
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