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    As Stephen Gardiner once said‚ "The Industrial Revolution was another one of these extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilizations." In other words‚ the lives of many people changed from day time consuming work to fast paced machine made products. It first began in England during the 1700s and caused an increase in population. The reasons behind why the Industrial Revolution began was because of all the excess in iron‚ coal and cloth. Due to the coal‚ the steam-engine was invented to transport

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    Industrial revolution During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Great Britain became the first country to industrialize. It changed the way in which many products‚ including cloth and textiles were manufactured‚ but all that farming was the main livelihood of most citizens. In fact‚ three quarters of Britain’s population lived in the countryside and farming was the predominant occupation. Overall‚ life was pretty hard. People worked on farms and had to use their own strength to plough

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    life for all time. The Industrial Revolution started in Britain. In contrast with most political revolutions‚ it was neither sudden nor swift. Instead‚ it was a long slow‚ uneven process in which production shifted from simple hand tools to complex machines. New sources of power replaced human and animal power. In the 250 years since it began‚ the Industrial Revolution has spread from Britain to the rest of Europe‚ to North America‚ and around the globe. 4. Industrial-age travellers moved rapidly

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    everything all over the world. The Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th and 19th centuries and was a period of significant economic development marked by the introduction of power-driven machinery. The steam engine was use to run machinery. Before this time‚ a few machines were use to harness nature such as the wind and watermills‚ humans‚ and animals were depended upon as a source of power. Much like the Agricultural Revolution‚ the Industrial Revolution began to take shape in Britain and

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    GKE1 Task 4 During the time period of 1780-1850 the United States and Great Britain were part of the Industrial Revolution. This revolution was a time of many changes with technology and scientific advancements. Many changes happened during the revolution that changed the way people worked‚ lived and survived. The Industrial Revolution included many changes to production of goods and materials. More technology-advanced equipment was able to change the way food‚ textiles‚ steel and chemicals

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    Three most important things in the history of the Industrial Revolution; 1) Urbanization: By industrial revolution migrations started from rural areas to the urban areas. So new economic incomes appeared apart from agriculture. 2) Steam Engine: In my opinion it was the most important invention during the industrial revolution. It was appeared in 1698 and people improved it in further years. People were able to transport wood‚ fur and coal by these trains. Also this steam engine used in ships‚

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    Justin Grzechowiak Essay #1 During the second industrial revolution the U.S. was expanding and advancing rapidly. This ultimately led to a lot of corruption and most importantly a very unequal distribution of wealth amongst the people. The factory owners of this time period were living lavishly while their hard working employees were struggling to put food on the table. The gap between the rich and the poor was growing just as fast as the country itself. Something needed to be done about

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    Invasive species means an organism that is not naive to a habitat and may have negative effects on the environment. The creeping water primroses are yellow in all seasons except winter. The yellow flower is very distinctive of creeping water primrose. Flowers vary in size from 1 inch to 2 inches in diameter. It is a perennial aquatic plant whose long stems creeping over mud or shallow water. It came from South America to the U.K. It is introduces as ornamental and water garden plant. It is first

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    Due to all the advancements and newfound knowledge during the Industrial Revolution‚ there were many changes in economics‚ politics‚ and social aspects. Despite the many benefits of this occurence‚ child labor‚ lack of education‚ and the style of government‚ completely outweigh the positive components of mass production and new ways of transportation. The effects of the working and living conditions‚ lack of education‚ and pollution‚ affected the society socially. Then‚ due to the lack of involvement

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    The Industrial Revolution The Agriculture Revolution was a time when people worked the land by using simple hand tools. By the 1800’s‚ most people in Western Europe and the United States lived on farms. The nation’s economy was based on farming and the making of goods by hand and trading. They lived in rural areas in little cottages lit with firelight and candles. They made their own clothes and grew their own food. The system of making your own clothes was called the putting out system. The

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