Birth of Industrial Age
The Birth of the Industrial Age
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Charles Rasmussen
Grand Canyon University
HIS 109
The Birth of the Industrial Age
And Chart
Industrialization changed the daily lives of citizens in the United States in the late 19th Century. The economic changes were due in large part from the nature of the extent of the visions of the inventors and the revolutionary ideas they discovered and set into motion. Throughout the 19th century the United States was the role model regardless of the idea or the invention being displayed. Canada was also affected as being linked to the United States in many endeavors and geography tied together with the connecting borders. The US also was a more modernized country compared to Canada, making it seem that Canadians followed on the heels and the path of the Americans. In all fairness they did exactly this, because of the Canadian economy being well behind the Americans was always slower. All things changed for the future in the 19th century as things were modernized.
America during the 19th century was industrialized in a sense never before seen in history. The American industrial light and power base exceeded anything Great Britain, France, and Germany combined could muster. The natural resources being abundant gave America endless raw materials needed in industrialization. This fact combined with the large population of immigrants exiting each arriving ship guaranteed a solid never ending supply of strong eager labor. The spinning Jenny in 1798 by James Hargraeave along with Edward Cartwright’s loom in 1787 change to output and manufacturing and weaving of yarn . The James Watt steam engine further increased the production capabilities of the loom and production of linen and cotton for clothes. The cotton industry was not the only industry to benefit and advance production 100% the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 completely revolutionized the South. This single invention also reduced
And Chart
Charles Rasmussen
Grand Canyon University
HIS 109
The Birth of the Industrial Age
And Chart
Industrialization changed the daily lives of citizens in the United States in the late 19th Century. The economic changes were due in large part from the nature of the extent of the visions of the inventors and the revolutionary ideas they discovered and set into motion. Throughout the 19th century the United States was the role model regardless of the idea or the invention being displayed. Canada was also affected as being linked to the United States in many endeavors and geography tied together with the connecting borders. The US also was a more modernized country compared to Canada, making it seem that Canadians followed on the heels and the path of the Americans. In all fairness they did exactly this, because of the Canadian economy being well behind the Americans was always slower. All things changed for the future in the 19th century as things were modernized.
America during the 19th century was industrialized in a sense never before seen in history. The American industrial light and power base exceeded anything Great Britain, France, and Germany combined could muster. The natural resources being abundant gave America endless raw materials needed in industrialization. This fact combined with the large population of immigrants exiting each arriving ship guaranteed a solid never ending supply of strong eager labor. The spinning Jenny in 1798 by James Hargraeave along with Edward Cartwright’s loom in 1787 change to output and manufacturing and weaving of yarn . The James Watt steam engine further increased the production capabilities of the loom and production of linen and cotton for clothes. The cotton industry was not the only industry to benefit and advance production 100% the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 completely revolutionized the South. This single invention also reduced
References: Craig,A.M.,Graham, W.A., Kagan,D., Ozment, S., & Turner, F.M. (2009). The Heritage of World Civilization. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Volti, Rudi (1999) Cotton Gin. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Science. New York, New York