Life in the Age of Machine
1. Life in the age of machines
Life in the age of machines
Background of the Industrial Revolution * Meaning of “Revolution” * Political Sense: means the overthrow a government by force * E.g. the French Revolution , people in Paris overthrew the absolute king, Louis XVI and started a republic * Socio-economic Sense: means great improvements in people’s living conditions or ways of doing things * What was Industrial Revolution? * Begin in Europe in mid-18th century * Improvements were made in areas including industry, energy, transport, communications, medicine, science * Change people’s life * Also called the Age of Machine 2. Cause of the Industrial Revolution a. Scientific developments * Western science greatly developed in Renaissance and the Age of Reason * Important inventions and developments were made * This laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution b. Abolition of trade limits * Privileges of the nobility ended with the decline of feudalism * Markets were no longer monopolized * This encourage changes in production methods to meet the rising demand for goods c. Rise of population * Population continued to increase in the 18th century * Labour was plentiful, so this helped develop industry and trade * Rise of population also brought a rising demand for goods * This encourage changes in production methods d. Development of world trade * New trade routes to the East were discovered in 15th century Europeans nations started set up colonies in 18th century * Acquired raw materials from their colonies and overseas markets * Trade grows and demand rose
e. Accumulation of capital *
Life in the age of machines
Background of the Industrial Revolution * Meaning of “Revolution” * Political Sense: means the overthrow a government by force * E.g. the French Revolution , people in Paris overthrew the absolute king, Louis XVI and started a republic * Socio-economic Sense: means great improvements in people’s living conditions or ways of doing things * What was Industrial Revolution? * Begin in Europe in mid-18th century * Improvements were made in areas including industry, energy, transport, communications, medicine, science * Change people’s life * Also called the Age of Machine 2. Cause of the Industrial Revolution a. Scientific developments * Western science greatly developed in Renaissance and the Age of Reason * Important inventions and developments were made * This laid the foundation for the Industrial Revolution b. Abolition of trade limits * Privileges of the nobility ended with the decline of feudalism * Markets were no longer monopolized * This encourage changes in production methods to meet the rising demand for goods c. Rise of population * Population continued to increase in the 18th century * Labour was plentiful, so this helped develop industry and trade * Rise of population also brought a rising demand for goods * This encourage changes in production methods d. Development of world trade * New trade routes to the East were discovered in 15th century Europeans nations started set up colonies in 18th century * Acquired raw materials from their colonies and overseas markets * Trade grows and demand rose
e. Accumulation of capital *