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    During the late 1700s to the 1800s Europe was changing. Many technologies were being developed and made making life easier. Throughout this many factories were built‚ and numerous people invented something. Europe was in a revolution. This was no ordinary revolution‚ it was a the Industrial Revolution; a time of change for the better. The Industrial Revolution had a positive impact where working conditions were good‚ and overall the quality of living became better. When many factories were built

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    Industrial Revolution in England Industrial revolution occurred in England between 1750 and 1850. This revolution was about changing the old production processes to new for the purpose of making more profit. There were major changes in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ mining and technology which had a significant effect on the economy and culture of England. England was the starting point of the revolution and after England it spread to Europe‚ North America and finally the entire world. Basically

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    Industrialization: A Negative Impact The Industrial Revolution began over 200 hundred years ago‚ yet the negative impacts still effect societies around the world today. The peoples of this planet have not yet defeated the classism that arose during this era‚ and the planet itself stuck in an ever-apparent cycle of excessive CO2 emissions. To overcome these global challenges‚ common knowledge must expand to proper and clean ways of product consumption and waste‚ and a sense of equality amongst

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    The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in 1750 due to the advancement in technology‚ and it spread throughout the world. Britain’s unique wealth‚ resources‚ education‚ population and access to trade was a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution suffered both positive and negative effects. A positive effect of the Industrial Revolution was the punishments. The negative effects of the Industrial Revolution were the working conditions‚ accidents and the pollution

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    The National Electrical Code® (NEC®) was developed over a century ago during a vibrant and exciting time in American history. In the decades following the Civil War‚ an industrial revolution arises in the United States fueled by the technological advancements in electricity. In September of 1882‚ Thomas Edison installs the first commercial electrical system at Pearl Street Station in Lower Manhattan. Within a few short years‚ electrical light and power spreads from city to city and from industrial

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    They would sell some of their harvest to create small profits witch they would use to buy cotton‚ coal or fruits and vegetables. When villages turned into towns‚ which evolved into small cities then into an immense industrialised city‚ those villager/s came to the city thinking of work they need to sustain their families. When this happened

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    Hey‚ I’m Tommie‚ I would tell you how old I am but I can’t remember. Now this Industrial revolution ain’t as great as they say. All us kids have become more popular for labour. Collieries‚ mills‚ factories. We do it all. I myself work in a colliery. Ever since the demand for coal has increased‚ the demand for children has also risen. In the colliery I work as a trapper‚ I have since I was six. I sit there in the darkness‚ for 12 hours a day‚ for 2 pennies a day. Me‚ me mother and father‚ George

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    worked in a cotton mill. College was never discussed much. Rather it was just the unspoken assumption that you go to high school and just after graduation‚ if not before‚ you would start work at the mill. Going to work is just what you did to take care of yourself but many times helping to take care of the previous generation. Manual labor took its toll not to mention the constant financial uncertainty. Lack of education has inhibited by father from many opportunities for growth at the mill. It has

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    Life before the Industrial Revolution was tough because the people did not have access to the same availability of goods and everything was man-made. If something broke‚ it had to be fixed manually rather than buying it new because goods were not mass-produced. Although the Industrial Revolution improved life in some ways it was also difficult for the workers‚ because shifts at the factories were long‚ conditions were bad‚ and people were often hurt. Slowly‚ agricultural improvements started coming

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    child have to give up a good future just to provide for my family at the age of 8? There are also reports of brutality occurring within factories. In an interview with a women who wishes to remain anonymous‚ she describes what is was like working in a cotton factory. “Sarah Golding was poorly and so she stopped her machine. James Birch‚ the overlooker‚ knocked her to the floor. She got up as well as she could. He knocked her down again. Then she was carried to her house…….she was found dead in her bed

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