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    Before the Industrial Revolution‚ technology was considered to be a candle‚ or a horse and buggy. But after coal was discovered and machines of all sorts were invented‚ the future of the way we lived held in this time period’s hands. In lots of ways‚ it was a good thing. It made our lives more than toiling in the fields and milking the cows. This was about travel‚ and new job opportunities for anyone who was looking for work. It was about making an income just by working with simple machines. However

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    Britain was at the forefront of industrial revolution during the 1800ś. With the social revolutions happening in France‚ and America just claiming its independence‚ it was the only country with the population and resources to do so. The 1st industrial revolution occurred under putting out system. Composed of overseers delivering cotton to cottage workers‚ the cottage workers would then make textile goods out of the cloth and give them back to the overseer for profit. With the invention of the Spinning

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    Industrial/Agrarian Revolution Notes: Agrarian Revolution: - before life expectancy was 20-30 - Education was a privilege not a right - no sewage systems - 80% of pop. was farmers - Enclosure Acts! - Cheeper food - small scale farmers had to move to towns and cities to seek jobs - city pop. rose - farming less difficult - farming: Survival > Business - 1750 ~15% lived in towns - 1850 ~50% lived in towns - 1880 ~80% lived in towns The population explosion: The social and economic effect of

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    Question: Textile industry is the most significant factor in industrialization. To what extent do you agree? I agree to the statement that the textile industry was the most significant factor in industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain to a great extent. The development of the textile industry promoted the productivity of manufacturing textile. The more textile products were produced and they satisfied the marketing requirement. Some of the excessive products were exported overseas

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    The industrial revolution in the mid-18th century was the most influential transformation of human culture. It was a period of great change‚ new industries developed rapidly as a result of a number of new inventions and the way in which things were produced. The reformation of agriculture in England paved the way for industrialization. Wealthy landowners dramatically improved farming methods that amounted to an agricultural revolution. Charles Townshend’s four field crop rotation system was one

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    The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700. It had a wide range of negative and positive effects in which it affected the economic and social life on the people living in England. These outcomes have been interpreted by different views of people such as factory owners‚ the government‚ factory workers‚ and others who viewed the conditions of the industrial cities at the time. There were many positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. According to an excerpt from

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    the Industrial Revolution‚ some workers and citizens had positive things about the Revolution.But there were people who disagree on the revolution‚for example because people had to go from the rural area to the city.The thing is‚ people had different reaction about the revolution.For now‚we’re going to be talking the events that happen during this time of history.Also going in-depth with specific details with the positives of the revolution. Everything that is with the Industrial Revolution can

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    The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ evinces a sudden‚ violent and unparalleled mechanisation of the entire production procedure of an economy. This description is represented by the likes of the historians T. S. Ashton and David S. Landes. In Ashton’s memorable phrase‚ for instance‚ during the Industrial revolution‚ “a wave of gadgets swept over England” (Ashton 42). However‚ serried ranks of statistics now contrarily suggest that the transformation of the production procedure was‚ to a great extent

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    Environmental Issues and the Industrial Revolution Ecology and Environmental Sustainability SCI201 Professor Barish Argosy University The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment (McLamb 2011). Every characteristic of human life and lifestyles changed intensely due to the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution effect human development‚ health and life longevity‚ social improvements‚ and impact

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    Life before the Industrial Revolution First and foremost‚ before the dawn of the Industrial Revolution Britain in the 1750s‚ most people worked the land and built handmade tools. They made everything by hand‚ from their own clothes to growing their own food. They lived in farms and only went as far as their feet or horse could take them‚ therefore they only new very little beyond their village. Plus‚ people had to rely upon themselves and their communities to get the vast majority of articles

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