Domestic System Vs The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial revolution was the start of much change. While most of the world was looking at the changes occurring within the colonies of America and of France, another revolution had started. The world was going to be in flux, with revolutions that changed one county and created another, the Industrial Revolution that would continue to ride on the coattails of the American and French Revolutions that would bring sweeping changes to economics, religions, cultures, and thinking throughout the world. People all over the globe were realizing that the status quo leaders--typically those of noble or religious background, were not meant to inherit their positions. Those leaders were used to passing down the reigns from one generation to the
With the Domestic System, people created the products of their own choice, on their own time, at their own speed, and on their own terms. An example of this is a man could make and sell toys out of his own house for what price he deemed fit because he technically was his own boss. This was all changed during the Industrial Revolution. Jobs in factories brought a large wave of people into cities from rural farms, but with these new jobs came a different way of work. This new way was called the Factory System, where people worked in large buildings with machines and other people. The Factory System was better than the Domestic System because of efficiency, decreased difficulty, dependability, and increase in products. The tools to make the products were more efficient, and designed by the people who created the product. With the new machines, the products were created easier and they lasted longer because everything was the same and made with perfection and consistency. Also with the machines, products are made faster so there are more. The more goods that there are, the cheaper and more available they are for people (class notes, Mr. Theisens, Modern World History
This was very useful for working inside of a factory. Job specialization is good for the economy because it is tedious and boring to have to build the same exact thing on your own. If you build just one small part of the product, your become consistent and someone else can build another part of that product, which they become good at, and the pieces can be put together for what was imagined. Imagine someone has to building a bike. One of two things that someone could do is build it all by themselves and put it together. It would take a long time to make the wheels, the pedals, and the frame, thereby disorganizing the whole process. A second thing to do is get a few people together and have them each build a different part of the bike. Then the bike can be put together like a puzzle piece. Everything is always the same and made faster. Job specialization it good for society and culture because it one can chose what they might specialize in, it creates contentment in a society. Ultimately, society increases its overall efficiency. People are given more freedom to seek out tasks and chores they are good at, creating happier and more efficient and productive employees. For the economy, when goods are produced with more quality, more quickly, items can sell and the government can collect taxes, which in turn can benefit citizens with an improved quality of life (David Sarokin. “How the