Inventions During The Industrial Revolution
The tag, Industrial Revolution, was derived from the term industrialization. Industrialization refers to the process in which a society formerly based on agriculture, transforms into one based around manufacturing. Manual labor is turned into mass production and often changes from individuals making a product to assembly lines or machines making that same product. The Industrial Revolution had many significant effects on the development of the Americas such as, revolutionizing the way people worked through new inventions, providing the economic base required for professions and population to grow, and allowing the middle and lower classes to emerge and prosper.
The transition into a more industrial based society first started in England, …show more content…
The steam engine allowed many other inventions to be powered. This engine represented the change from human power to machine power. Another way the steam engine further advanced the development of the American society was through the powering of ships and locomotives. They also paved the way for railroads. Before steam engines, the fastest way of transportation was through horses and wagons, and these new engines lessened the time it took to get around. During the early 1800s Robert Fulton built the first commercially successful steamboat. With the help of this invention, by the mid 1900s, steamships were carrying freight across the …show more content…
In light of the new job openings available, many families who previously had little to no source of income were able to make money for the upkeep of the household and their families. This increase in jobs allowed many families in the lower class to move up to the middle class, and people of the middle class to move into the upper class. Despite many beliefs, uneducated non-elite people made the most contributions to the progress of the Industrial Revolution. A great number of the many new inventions were thought of by people of no importance. These people helped inspire others to make changes within the world also. Without these middle-lower class people, many things the population has access to today would not be the
The transition into a more industrial based society first started in England, …show more content…
The steam engine allowed many other inventions to be powered. This engine represented the change from human power to machine power. Another way the steam engine further advanced the development of the American society was through the powering of ships and locomotives. They also paved the way for railroads. Before steam engines, the fastest way of transportation was through horses and wagons, and these new engines lessened the time it took to get around. During the early 1800s Robert Fulton built the first commercially successful steamboat. With the help of this invention, by the mid 1900s, steamships were carrying freight across the …show more content…
In light of the new job openings available, many families who previously had little to no source of income were able to make money for the upkeep of the household and their families. This increase in jobs allowed many families in the lower class to move up to the middle class, and people of the middle class to move into the upper class. Despite many beliefs, uneducated non-elite people made the most contributions to the progress of the Industrial Revolution. A great number of the many new inventions were thought of by people of no importance. These people helped inspire others to make changes within the world also. Without these middle-lower class people, many things the population has access to today would not be the