rerum the Industrial Revolution had a great impact on the people all around the world. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 18th century and spread throughout the world. Many nations had to respond to the challenges of the Industrial Revolution and the imperialism of the West that had spawned. People had to face the significant consequences that were created through this time in history. The nature of these consequences and their effect on various people throughout the world were very
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After the Industrial Revolution‚ new technology sparked a wave of factories and a new way to work. The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were filled with examples of social and economic struggle. In order to have more profit‚ owners then crowded workers into dangerous factories for long hours to work on machines. Conditions for workers were universally bad‚ with some better than others. Women and children suffered especially in factory work. Gender was also an issue-- with women facing mistreatment
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Prompt: Access the validity of the following statement: "Conditions in the United States were ripe for an industrial revolution in the early 1800’s." "Reaping What You Sow": The American Industrial Revolution "The economy of the United States before the War of 1812 was largely shaped by geography..." says Arnold S. Rice. Under Henry Clay’s American system‚ canals‚ railroads‚ and public education paramounted past internal improvements. (Doc B). The inventions oriented towards textile and
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Leconte directed movie starring Charles Berling and Jean Rochefort. The movie depicts eighteenth century France and the court of Louis XVI at Versailles leading up to the French Revolution. The word Ridicule is both a good title for the movie and a good description of the time leading up to‚ and one of the causes of‚ the French Revolution. The Movie Ridicule is about a man journeys to Versailles to see the King in hopes of retaining financial backing to drain the swamps of his homeland so his people
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The French Revolution began as a quest for equal representation in government‚ and ultimately ended as a totalitarian regime. After incurring heavy debts following the French and Indian War‚ absolute monarch Louis XVI first asked an Assembly of Notables‚ which was comprised solely of nobility‚ to aid in repaying the debt. When they declined the demand‚ Louis XVI was forced to reinstitute the Estates General‚ in order to involve the entire nation in the repayment. According to historian Lynn Hunt
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Sans-Culotte‚ make up 99% of the population of France; this equates to 28 million angry and hungry people looking for change. It is 1794 and we have already taken many steps in assuring our expectations are met. We have been brought to the forefront of the revolution and our presence is influential in the overthrow of the monarchy. We have been neglected and been misleadingly depicted as urban proletariat‚ valiantly resisting hard-faced capitalism. (Wright‚ 1974) The self-righteous‚ obnoxious inhabitants
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Rachel Sparks US History February 19‚ 2015 For decades‚ the French traded with the Indian tribes. This move created a civilized alliance with the Indians so that they could have a new region to claim as New France. Precious beaver furs was the main selling point. Soon enough‚ tensions rose whenever Pennsylvanians and Virginians decided that they also wanted to lay claims on this new found frontier land. This led to massive conflict between the colonies and ended up being one of the most brutal massacres
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Although the Green Revolution was started to end world hunger and the disparity in developing countries‚ it caused other consequences which included population growth and changes in genetic diversity of certain plants and cultural lifestyles. This revolution introduced the use of new technology and many scientifically altered crops to the world. With the rise in food supply‚ the population increased and some countries weren’t as starving as before. But with the advancement in technology and crop
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October 5‚ 2012 The Great Fear of France 1989 In 1989‚ a great horror struck France that would come to play a major part in the French Revolution. The peasants in the rural areas in France became very frightened and armed themselves in response to many rumors of plots. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring‚ and the grain supplies were now guarded by local militias due to rumors that bands of armed men were roaming the countryside. In some areas
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FRQ #2 Nick Flanagan The Revolution of 1800 was monumental in the development of the United States as a nation. It proved to other nations that the republican experiment began by the revolutionary idea of independence could not only thrive‚ but succeed. In the fierce political battles of Adam’s term this orderly exchange of power seemed impossible to ever achieve but this election proved all the skeptics wrong. The Revolution of 1800 was so named by the winner of the 1800 election
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