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    Hey‚ I’m Tommie‚ I would tell you how old I am but I can’t remember. Now this Industrial revolution ain’t as great as they say. All us kids have become more popular for labour. Collieries‚ mills‚ factories. We do it all. I myself work in a colliery. Ever since the demand for coal has increased‚ the demand for children has also risen. In the colliery I work as a trapper‚ I have since I was six. I sit there in the darkness‚ for 12 hours a day‚ for 2 pennies a day. Me‚ me mother and father‚ George

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    Industrial People‚ Industrial Fashion Karsen McKinney History 112: Origins of the Modern World April 17‚ 2013 Debates are still raised about whether or not the positive outcomes of the Industrial Revolution were worth the struggles faced during the time period. Fashion reflects its time period; therefore‚ by looking at the fashion of a time one can understand the motives‚ lifestyles‚ and productivity of the time period. By analyzing the fashion industry as a whole from 1780-1860—trends‚ trades

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    The Industrial Revolution was the major technological‚ socioeconomic and cultural change in late 18th and early 19th century that began in Britain and spread throughout the world. During that time‚ an economy based on manual labour was replaced by one dominated by industry and the manufacture of machinery. It began with the mechanisation of the textile industries and the development of iron-making techniques‚ and trade expansion was enabled by the introduction of canals‚ improved roads and then

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    agriculture and lifestyle.The transformation of the United States into an industrial nation took place largely after the Civil War and on the Britsih model. Although the Industrial Revolution brought many positive inventions‚ the class divisions were obvious because the workers were paid at horrible wages. The Industrial Revolution‚ wages‚ and class divisions were all part of the economic power. The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain‚ and eventually spread to two different countries

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    Socialist Ideology (a)The origins and principal tenets of the socialist thought. Before the Industrial Revolution Britain was an agrarian society with approximately 90% of the population living in the rural areas. Most people worked in the field as farmers and farmhands on land owned by a small minority (Aristocrats). During this time‚ the manufacturing of goods such as textile was a slow process because everything was done by hand. However‚ a series of innovations changed the way people lived

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    Industrial Revolution DBQ The Industrial Revolution greatly increased the production of goods. It began in England on the 1700s. Factories were built in clusters and were built near water for their power. The Industrial Revolution had many negative and positive effects‚ but the negative effects outweighed the positive effects. The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. It created jobs for many people‚ less people were on the streets with no job. It gave people hope in improvement

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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 was an innovative period of time between the mid-18th and 19th centuries that forever changed the lifestyle of people into a more urban lifestyle. The elevator‚ or‚ safety elevator as it was called at the time was invented by an American industrialist and entrepreneur. His name was Elisha Graves Otis. With this invention‚ Otis basically laid the foundation for all elevator stores and companies to come‚ and forever changed the look of urban areas and skyscrapers for the society

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    3.  Discuss the causes of the Industrial Revolution from 1865-1895. Be specific in explaining how each point you make affected the economy.  There were many factors that contributed to the industrial revolution. Money were popping up from a variety of different sources so business’ can expand‚ mining added silver and gold to bank reserves‚ investments from profits helped to stimulate the economy‚ and small investors started to invest in stocks because they thought it would help them get rich

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    The First industrial revolution begins in Britain between the late 18th century to the mid- Victorian years. Before the industrial revolution‚ most of the people resides in rural area where most of their daily lives were just farming. Back then‚ life for an average people was hard as their income was low. Most manufacturing are done by hands or simple machines. They are normally done at home or small shops as factories does not exist back then. One of the few factors that became the catalyst in the

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