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    A Side Effect of the First Industrial Revolution and Its Effects on Society The First Industrial Revolution led to Capitalism‚ which enforced a class system based on profits and the acquisition of capital‚ resulted in the repression of natural or instinctual urges‚ leading to psychological damage and aggressive behavior within communities and encouraged “Social Darwinism‚” an ableist rationalization of privilege and who has it. During the First Industrial Revolution‚ people all over England moved

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    Our textbook addresses that the French and English writers of the 1820s invented the term Industrial Revolution to capture the drama of contemporary change and to draw a parallel with the French Revolution. The chief components of the Industrial Revolution‚ industrialization and urbanization‚ are long-term processes that have continued to the present. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1770s and 1780s in textile manufacturing and spread from there across the continent. By the end

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    The Scientific Revolution has made a huge impact on the world around us today. It all started with philosophers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Two of them are Thomas hobbes who is an English Philosopher‚ and then later came along John Locke‚ another English philosopher and physician. Both of them were deeply influenced by the scientific revolution. One of the most crucial things in our intellectual history is the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution was a change in the way

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    November 1858‚ he passed away in Newtown‚ Wales. The document was written during the industrial revolution‚ "...which took place in Great Britain during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and in other European countries and America after 1815..." (Levack‚ Muir‚ and Veldman 655). This revolution included four major developments: using mineral sources of energy‚ concentrating labor in factories‚ new industrial technology and methods of transportation (Levack‚ Muir‚ and Veldman 655). In the

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    The industrial revolution that began in Europe changed society in many ways. Some of these changes were positive while others were negative. The industrial revolution had no laws‚ little pay‚ no jobs and was very unsanitary. Children had no education‚ worked in factories with their mother. The factory owners did not care about their employees working conditions. But the great thing is that they started to build inventions to help people have an easier living. New technology made productions of goods

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ 1760-1850 The Industrial Revolution transformed human life by changing methods of manufacturing‚ the way people made a living‚ and the products available to them. The Nature of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was made up of four sets of changes: first‚ the introduction of new technology; second‚ the use of new mineral sources of energy; third‚ a concentration of workers in factories;

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    The Industrial Revolution was the period of enormous social‚ economic and cultural change that began in the middle of the eighteenth century in Great Britain which expanded throughout the rest of the world. During this time‚ countries gradually shifted from a primarily agrarian society to one of machine industry and manufacture. The Industrial Revolution brought about significant changes that transformed the way people lived. Some of the most crucial technological advancements include the uses

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    scientific discoveries were found‚ a time where the social class system went through many changes.[1] Victorian England was very much influenced by the industrial revolution that was gripping the whole western world. The industrial revolution influenced many parts of Victorian society. The Industrial Revolution gave mobility to those that had the money and connections to move up in the social structure. It was now possible for the middle class to mix with the aristocratic

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    Industrial Revolution Vashishth Agaja Grade 9-A The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools‚ and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life‚ but also obstructed it as well. Pollution‚ such as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rose‚ working conditions declined‚ and the number of women and children working increased. The government‚ the arts‚ literature‚ music and architecture and man’s way of looking

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    A revolution of most any nation is going to have significant social impacts on the whole nation. The effect that the American Revolution made on the nation though was determined by how significant the desire for freedom was. It should also be taken into account how important the philosophies and beliefs of the revolutionists were leading up to the American Revolution. Esmond Wright could not have said it better himself when he wrote that “[the American Revolution] is the central event in American

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