Changes During The Industrial Revolution

Transportation and technology evolved from horses and dirt roads to trains and steam boats, from imperfect and handmade objects to precise and factory-made objects. These changes influenced an environment of factories and very large cities. This big change was called The Industrial Revolution. Transportation changed from horseback riding to trains and steamboats. New roads were invented to help horse carriages travel smoother. Steamboats, clipper ships, and canals all helped travel on the water faster and easier. They also helped goods get to other places faster, like trains. Trains could both be run by horse or by engine. Engine trains were more reliable, but they needed a person to shovel coal into a furnace so it could run. Also, sparks could get onto a passenger’s coat or something else flammable and set the entire train on fire. Hors trains were unreliable since the horse could get tired and delay the
The Industrial Revolution started the chain reaction of faster transport, things made faster, and everything seemed to rush by. New words were created during the Industrial Revolution to resemble quickness like “like greased lightning”, “quick as a wink”, “in a jiffy”, “like a house afire”, “shake a leg”, and “lickety-split”. Factories became a major part of everyday life. Factories could make things faster, better, and easier, but it required hard and dangerous labor where a person could be killed. The sewing machine and the power loom made the action of making clothing faster. These machines could also accurately make clothing, usually without fault. The steel plow, reaper, and cotton gin all help the process of harvesting and processing cotton faster and much easier. The steel plow helped break up soil without getting stuck to it, the reaper helped harvest crops, and the cotton gin helped separate the seeds from a bale or cotton. All these inventions help the technology of America