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    The Song Dynasty did bring about an industrial revolution‚ due to highly advanced technology in the fields of diverse agriculture‚ iron-working‚ and printing. As a result of this industrial revolution‚ populations increased rapidly as people began to move to the cities because of economic opportunities and the advanced government for its time. The industrial revolution is an “economic development characterized by replacing animal and human power with mechanical power‚ mass production and the creation

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    Industrial Revolution Essay Did you know that in England‚ there were children as young as three years old going to work? These kids were a part of the Industrial Revolution‚ and they fueled our industries today. The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative impacts on children because of tough work conditions and poor treatment‚ but ultimately led to better life for children today. Some of the children in the workforce of the 1800s had very tough working conditions. These children would

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    Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Slavery The Industrial Revolution started in Britain‚ where population was sky rocketing and demand for goods was increasing. This higher demand forced innovators and scientists to invent machines that would make production much faster than their old ways. Before the push for new technology‚ goods were being produced through the putting-out system: one where a manufacturer would make part of the product‚ send it out for someone to finish it‚ then put it on

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    The Industrial revolution is something that led several countries to have economic success. Innumerable crucial discoveries and ideas were produced during that time period that affect a person’s life today. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of the pollution and unequal pay‚ it was actually a positive thing for society. Industrialization’s positive effects were availability of goods‚ increase of job opportunities‚ and advancements

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    of employees and the unsafe or unfair working conditions‚ a very common occurrence during the Industrial Revolution. In an endless struggle for justice‚ organized labor unions fought‚ and continue to fight for rights deserved in working environments. The evolution of labor unions during the Industrial Revolution proved to be beneficial then as well as the modern day. During the Industrial Revolution‚ many workers were put out of employment or had their wages reduced because of uprising machinery

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    ? Introduction The government has made laws saying that employers have to look after the workforce and provide safety equipment and other things for them. Because of this working today is pretty safe. At the start of the Industrial Revolution none of these laws existed and so working in a factory could prove to be very dangerous indeed. Industries such as the cotton trade were mainly hard for workers to endure long hours of labor. The nature of the work being done meant that the

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    THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN The Great Britain was the first country to undergo industrial revolution which according to Musson and Robinson (1969) is the "transformation of a predominantly rural‚ agricultural and handicraft society into a predominantly urban‚ industrial and mechanized society" (60). Indeed the modern world owes a lot to British pioneers of the 18th and 19th century like Abraham Darby‚ Richard Arkwright‚ John Wilkinson‚ Samuel Crompton‚ Thomas Newcomen and James Watt

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    behind Japan’s developing industrial economy‚ they were in the words of one historian‚ “the backbone of Japan’s Industrial Revolution”. Industrialisation and modernisation were the key themes underlying all aspects of change and the government was determined to promote vigorous domestic production of cotton and silk‚ and women‚ especially those that resided from the countryside‚ were to be key figures in such production. A large number of women have always worked as an important part of the labour force

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    THE FIRST AEROPLANE Orville and Wilber wright the inverters of the aeroplane were brothers Wilbur the eldest was born on April 16‚ 1867 and died on May 30‚ 1912 the youngest Orville was born about 4 years later on August 19‚ 1871 and died on January 30‚ 1948. They conducted the first official powered flight in 1903 on December 17. The plane was made of wooded beams with canvas stretched over them. The plane had two vertical wings with propellers behind them that pushed the plane through the

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    Hear the loud sound of machines? Smell that nasty smog that is in the air? That is the product of the industrial revolution and it must be stopped. The industrial revolution is causing child labor‚ people are starving‚ and it is changing the class structure. One of the many negative effects of the of the industrial revolution‚ are the living conditions of people who are working in the factories. Workers are forced to work long hours‚ have low pay for the long hours they put into their work‚ and

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