Another cause is the new inventions in the industrial factories. With the new inventions came new jobs and opportunities. However, with new jobs in bigger cities caused many people to move. With everyone moving to the city for better jobs, the apartments were very packed. Usually the lights in the apartments didn’t work and it was dark all the time. Also the apartments didn’t have indoor plumbing or good AC.
One reason the Industrial Revolution began in England is because of the cloth industry. Because there was a lot of people there many of them needed clothes and trading cloth was popular. Another reason was because of the faster boat …show more content…
If you had a high social status you got to go to school, have lots of money and had many opportunities. However, if you were low on the social status you probably worked in a factory, starved, and didn’t have any money.
One of the first inventions of the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine. It was invented by James Watt in 1775. Another big invention was the sewing machine. Built by Elias Howe in 1844. Many years later the first airplane was made by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903.
Economic changes also happened in the industrial revolution. For example, since new technology was being built there was no need for manual farming. Many people moved to the city for new jobs. Plus, since the factories produced a lot of pollution that also affected everyone.
Since all of these bad things were happening with the children this caused people to notice the wrong. Then they passed laws that made sure no child labor would happen. Now child labor cannot happen and I, and other kids, don’t have to go through what they went