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    Industrial Revolution Open Response Capitalism built the Industrial Revolution and helped mankind advance‚ the effects of the Industrial Revolution politically created new forms of governments such as socialism and communism. Capitalism was reflected by the Industrial Revolution because the economy was a capitalist economy. This meant that private business’s produced products that were cheap and useful. The business men also known as entrepreneurs at the time invested into business ventures to

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    The industrial revolution took place during the early 1700’s to late 1800s‚ which had a huge impact and transformed societies in Europe and America into more urban and industrial societies. The industrial revolution first started in Britain in the 1700s. The industrial revolution brought the mass production of goods in factories‚ which lead to changes in machinery and tools. Many people found themselves jobless due to the replacement of job positions to new machinery. The advancement and development

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place in 1760 was a period throughout which predominantly agrarian‚ rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ which began in Britain people used to use hand production methods‚ and then since the Industrial Revolution it upgraded to machines‚ new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes‚ improved efficiency of water power‚ the increasing use of steam power‚ the development of machine tools

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    Dozens of factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution but the inventions are the most important‚ such as the Spinning Jenny‚ the Telephone‚ and the Steam Engine. Before the Spinning Jenny was produced‚ workers would have to spin yarn on a spinning wheel with only one spindle. This was a laborious task and took way too much time. In 1764‚ James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny‚ which allowed workers to spin yarn on eight spindles. The Spinning Jenny rapidly increased the process

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    The following is mirrored from its source at: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98oct/industry.htm The NEXT Industrial Revolution by William McDonough and Michael Braungart October 1998 The Atlantic "Eco-efficiency‚" the current industrial buzzword‚ will neither save the environment nor foster ingenuity and productivity‚ the authors say. They propose a new approach that aims to solve rather than alleviate the problems that industry makes In the spring of 1912 one of the largest moving objects

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    World Civilization Industrial Revolution Essay 5 February 2013 Changes in Society During the Industrial Revolution During the 1800 ’s‚ the Industrial Revolution spread throughout Europe causing a drastic change to European society. The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative impacts on Europe‚ but many see this Revolution as a curse because of the rough situations many had to endure. Due to the poor environmental conditions‚ disease ran rampant‚ the population nearly quadrupled

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    Industrial Revolution THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN ENGLAND‚ AND SPREAD TO THE REST OF WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‚ CAME AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR RAW MATERIALS FROM THE AMERICAS‚ ASIA‚ AND AFRICA. ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY PRODUCED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‚ WHILE ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE ALTERED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL CITIES. CULTURAL CHANGES SOON FOLLOWED. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES WERE BASED ON THE FAMILY UNIT

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    What made the Industrial revolution a revolution or revolutionary?” According to Dictionary.com‚ one definition of a revolution is “a sudden‚ complete or marked change of something.” Another definition provided on the site is “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.” Both of these definitions can be applied‚ at least in part‚ to the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was quite different from

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    improve‚ for the children of farm labourers and the working class‚ during the Industrial Revolution?" The children of the 18th and 19th centuries (1750s to 1850s)‚ during the Industrial Revolution in Britain‚ endured harsh times. They had to sacrifice their childhood to work and earn money for their family. The lives of these children of farm labourers and the working class didn’t improve during the Industrial Revolution. There were many benefits for these children‚ such as Laws‚ Leisure‚ Sports and

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    agriculture and lifestyle.The transformation of the United States into an industrial nation took place largely after the Civil War and on the Britsih model. Although the Industrial Revolution brought many positive inventions‚ the class divisions were obvious because the workers were paid at horrible wages. The Industrial Revolution‚ wages‚ and class divisions were all part of the economic power. The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain‚ and eventually spread to two different countries

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