The start if the Industrial Revolution began in England. One of the most important thing that started this revolution were the resources. England had many resources available. The change of Agriculture made more production in meat and wheat. Machines were invented to help them due to lack of workers. (Doc 1) Iron‚ coal‚ wool‚ and tin were the natural resources that England had so many of available. Iron were used to make machines‚ Coals to fuel the machines‚ wools to make clothes‚ and tin to store
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Final: The Industrial Revolution and its Effects I obtained my information from the book Created Equal as a secondary source. More information was gathered from The Industrial Revolution by Charles Beard. Some sections of the book The Condition of the Working Class in England were used as well. Another book used as a source are Lectures on the Industrial Revolution in England: Popular Addresses‚ Notes and Other Fragments. In order to get data on population increases during this time‚ statistics
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Many important factors helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth during the period from 1860 to 1900. Before the blossom of this industrialization‚ the United States consisted of mostly farms and small towns. The development of factories and urban cities soon changed all of this. The railroad system expanded and eventually turned into a goldmine for commerce in the United States. Machinery started to decrease the amount of animal labor used‚ which allowed the consistency and production of
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Long ago‚ an old‚ feeble man‚ with shrived‚ wiry limbs that were baked brown from hard work in the sun‚ went wondering‚ after he had consumed a little more wine then he was used to. Accordingly‚ he was spotted by a few peasants who brought him to the king named Midas‚ who affectionately took him in for ten days and cared for him. Later the leader of the land (Antonomasia) returned the old man to Bacchus‚ his foster-son‚ who in return told Midas that whatever he wished for he would give to him. Midas
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Prompt: Access the validity of the following statement: "Conditions in the United States were ripe for an industrial revolution in the early 1800’s." "Reaping What You Sow": The American Industrial Revolution "The economy of the United States before the War of 1812 was largely shaped by geography..." says Arnold S. Rice. Under Henry Clay’s American system‚ canals‚ railroads‚ and public education paramounted past internal improvements. (Doc B). The inventions oriented towards textile and
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How did the raw materials assist in causing the Industrial Revolution? Coal was one of man’s earliest sources of heat and light. The Chinese were known to have used it more than 3‚000 years ago. It was discovered in Britain. The United Kingdom had a large amount of coal‚ especially in the North West‚ North East‚ Southern Scotland and Wales. Coal also helped improve the ability to manufacture iron‚ a metal needed to make machines and build factories. England traded and sold coal‚ oil‚ wood‚ steel
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Did the Industrial Revolution Disrupt the American Family? The Industrial Revolution had a profound impact on American life economically‚ politically‚ and socially. It affected every facet of American society from the political and economic structures of the country to the family unit. Historians‚ however‚ have varying viewpoints on whether the Industrial Revolution disrupted the American family. One point of view‚ represented by Elaine Tyler May‚ is that it disrupted the American family because
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Many economists and historians tried to find the reasons why and how IR happened in Britain. The reasons are important not only to academic purposes‚ but also to those third world countries who had not yet unlocked their own IR and to politicians and philanthropists who tried to eliminate poverty. The BBC documentary Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here explores the reasons that IR first happened in Britain. On showing many interesting details‚ it concludes that Britain had established a liberal
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1. The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries‚ was a period of time when water and steam power replaced muscle power‚ and rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. There were many reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in England. One reason it started in England was because there were a lot of fast moving rivers. This geographical feature was important because in order to operate the water wheel‚ you needed fast moving rivers
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The Industrial Revolution in both Britain and America was a revolution that altered the economy and the standard way of life. The Revolution took place during the 18th and 19th century and took a primarily agricultural society and industrialized it. After learning to use the power from rivers to provide power to factories‚ it began a whole new era of mass production and a more variety of goods. This effected the textile and iron industry the most but eventually made way for increased transportation
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