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    After that‚ changing over to agriculture as a subsistence strategy has dramatically effected a society with deep class divisions. Jared Diamond described that from Greek tombs at Mycenae c age‚ the skeletons around 1500 B.C. shows royals had a better diet than commoners because the royal skeletons taller with had better teeth. (Diamond‚ P3) He stated

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    During the 19 century many countries went through one of the greatest drastic changes in its history; the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was deemed successful due to the invention of machinery ‚ the establishment of factories‚ and the creation of a new work force/class. As factories and companies grew the amount of jobs increase causing a big uproar in population in cities. The growth in Urban areas grew so quickly by mid century close to half of the European population lived in

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    The Industrial Revolution has had more negative effects on the world community than positive effects. Through the course of learning about the history of different countries and their success and loss in industrialization has taught me different things‚ good and bad‚ about the industrial revolution as a whole. Although I have come to an understanding with every opinion fixated towards positivity in industrial times‚ I think that a negative effect was mainly brought during the industrial revolution

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    The impact of the Industrial Revolution on British society and economy There is no doubt that the Industrial Revolution plays a central role in the modern British history. The structure of British society has forever changed by the impact and consequences of Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution is often stated as the increase of the number of factories‚ the exercise of steam power in a wide range of area and the mass-production produced by new technology in the course of 1750 to 1850

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    “I can think of nothing else than this machine” says the man who improved a machine so that society and the Industrial Revolution can live greater. James Watt‚ the man who improved the iconic machine‚ the steam engine‚ to make it useful again for everyone. He added new parts to it so it can work no matter what weather it was in. The old steam engine did not work when it needed wind because it was not windy all the time. And it did not work when it needed water because the water would freeze in cold

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    The American society during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution was an accurate depiction of both the benefits and setbacks of rapid development. When the Spanish-American war ended in August 1898‚ the United States rapidly became an Industrial Society. Steady jobs at factories drew close to 28 million immigrants to America between 1820 and 1930. Immigration was a huge benefit to industrial success‚ allowing new industries‚ such as steel and oil‚ to grow massively. The growing population‚

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    The early parts of the Industrial Revolution played a huge role in transforming American society. During this time‚ Americans set the standard for what was going to be the future of the United States. There are a multitude of ideas that could be understood as ideas that transformed American society‚ but in my mind there are five ideas that developed the United States into the country we are today more than all of the rest. Primarily‚ the change in agricultural output led to the change in the need

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    The Industrial Revolution was a period where countries became more rural and human dependence on machines grew. It originated in Britain due to high population number and access to coal and ore (Britannica Industrial Revolution). It took place from the late 1700’s to the mid- late 1750’s (History.com). The Industrial Revolution impacted society in many ways specifically industrial workers‚ women‚ and children greatly. New technology was invented and mass produced during this time. The invention

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    convenience‚ and of improvements and innovations‚ but it was also a period where transportation rapidly evolved – that’s the Industrial Revolution. The invention of canals‚ enhanced roads‚ railways and ships brought about many significant changes on both society and economy (as well as many different aspects of life) during that time‚ and even until today. With the Industrial Revolution and the subsequent mechanisation of production‚ there was a huge need for a transportation system.3 Raw materials

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    The industrial revolution/evolution was a major change to nineteenth century Britain. It revolutionised the effectiveness of agriculture so farming could be done all year round. Machines were created such as the steam engine and the water frame were made to make difficult tasks easier as mining and weaving. New methods of transportation were developed from the steam powered train to canals that made resource and human transport efferent and cheap. But what makes it a revolution or an evolution. A

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