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    Frank Garrido THE EFFECTS OF THE NDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON SOCIETY The Industrial Revolution changed the ways by how the world produced its goods. It was the era when the use of power-driven machines was developed. It also changed our societies from a mainly agricultural society to one in which industry and manufacturing was in control. This had many effects on people’s lives. The Industrial Revolution first got its start in Great Britain‚ during the 18th century. It was inevitable that

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    The industrial revolution was an era of great change to those in Britain and America. This transforming period took place during the 1760s through to the 1840s‚ when it transformed the society into our world today. Due to the quickly changing agrarian culture towns and villages soon became deserted due to everyone migrating to the cities this created the Urbanisation society and prompted inventions to be shaped and built. Where with a push of a button we can communicate with our distant friends and

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    Industrialization (ISI) —which puts premium in strengthening the locally owned industries catering to a huge domestic market to contain dollar outflow and encourage domestic entrepreneurship (Kuruvilla‚ 1996). This strategy saw the rise of a new domestic-industrial capital elite; and expanded manufacturing sector which registered growth rates of between 11% to 14% from the late 1940’s to early 1960’s (Toussaint‚ 2006). On the downside‚ the dependence from imported capital and technology to sustain this strategy

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    The Spread of the Industrial Revolution and its effect on Society JF History 104 Western Civilizations Prof. LG August 27‚ 2012 The Spread of the Industrial Revolution and its effect on Society The Industrial Revolution spread across the globe as it fostered tremendous social and economic changes in every country fortunate enough to participate. As many countries witnessed the birth of Industrialization‚ dramatic social and economic changes took place that significantly altered the

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of progress and pain‚ of advancement and agony‚ of inventions and innovations. The Revolution started in Great Britain due to Britain’s geography‚ government‚ social factors‚ and colonial empire. The British had much access to natural resources such as coal‚ water‚ and ore‚ and they had a “free society” in which the people had opportunities such as entrepreneurship. Throughout the Industrial Revolution‚ there were several changes that affected people all over

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    of goods. This time was known as the Industrial Revolution. The Revolution had many effects that would forever change the course of history. Some of the effects were positive and very beneficial‚ whether to the workers‚ factory owners‚ or society as a whole. At the same time though‚ the Industrial Revolution allowed for many outcomes that were not at all favorable‚ ones that negatively affected mankind. The Industrial Revolution led to many negative effects. When machines and devices were invented

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    the relationships and contact of European societies with Asia‚ Africa‚ and the New World from 1492 to 1914. What are the changes and continuities in these relationships? What did the Europeans want in each area of the world? How was the European trading systems different from the earlier systems involving Dar-Al-Islam? What effects did these contacts have on the Europeans? On the societies contacted? You might want to make a chart of these causes and effects. How did the patterns of world trade change

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    The Industrial Revolution effects are mainly negative‚ but the outcome was favorable. Although during the Industrial Revolution a numerous amount of people died. A man who worked in the mills was interviewed and what he described while working there was horrible. A picture representing what the factories were doing to the world. Although the process of the Industrial Revolution was negative‚ the outcome was positive. The final example will be of Henry Ford standing next to what the Industrial Revolution

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    needed goods. While goods were constantly being produced‚ the time period known as the Industrial Revolution forever changed the production of goods. New machines and factories led to more efficient means for producing goods. With this revolutionary time period came many effects‚ both positive and negative‚ as well as responses to these effects that would eventually lead to the world as we know it today. Some effects‚ however‚ had both positive and negative impacts on the economy. For example‚ rapid

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    The industrial revolution had a number of consequences on the entire set up of the American civilization whose effects are still felt to the present moment. The effects triggered both productive as well as harmful effects on the contemporary American society. The industrial revolution led to the development of cities and other metropolises as a result of rural to urban migration that was sparked by the people’s need to move closer to the industries so as to acquire job opportunities (Lehrman).  The

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