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    process of producing textile much  more efficient‚  and  soon  textile  mills  were  born.  the  working  conditions  of  the  mills  and  factories‚  however‚  were  not  at  all  pleasant‚  especially  during  the  early  18th  century.  Conditions  soon  improved  during  the  late  18th  and  early  19th  centuries‚  However‚  some  mill  families  and  workers   still   suffer from poor living conditions‚ low wages‚ and brutal working hours.    Children  working  in  the  mills  for  low  wages  was  not  uncommon  during 

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    led to catrophic consequences that forced the government to regulate it. The government was forced due to different people’s action and stories. There were poems alerting the public of the abuse. For example the excerpt “the golf links lie near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look And see the men at play was written by Sarah Cleghorn informing of how the men are playing while children are working

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    were many examples of how the revolution was improving the old and showing was what we can do. All of these helped improve businesses‚ the way of life‚ and helped strengthen our nation. With all of these new inventions and technologies factories and mills started to boom. Machines were improving so well that they only

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    key to the Industrial Revolution. The inventions were accountable for mass industrial production that is still used today. During the Industrial Revolution there were many inventions that were assembled to improve the lives of countless people. The cotton gin and interchangeable parts made Eli Whitney one of the most magnificent inventors during the time of the Industrial Revolution. Ever since Eli Whitney was a child he had an affinity for technology and mechanize work. When he was young he was very

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    inventions like the cotton gin and the inventions of other machines sparked the start of machine work‚ but in able to have machines you have to buy them which was very expensive. One of the pros of the American Industrial Revolution was the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin is a machine that separates the seeds‚ seed hulls‚ and other small objects from the fibers of cotton. This impacted the revolution because before the cotton gin‚ slaves would have to pick cotton from the fields‚ and

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    The American society started to change tremendously in 1815.It was due to very important events ‚the revolution of industry and the Second Great Awakening.The technology advanced significantly with new inventions like the telegraph‚ sewing machine‚ and assembly line.The agriculture was booming with the mechanical thresher‚ which was a tractor with a steam engine‚ and the reaper was used to harvest wheat. The Second Great Awakening started a whole new religious and Evangelicals ideas all across

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    Hopkins on the other hand highlights how the measure to actually pass this piece of legislation was ‘delayed by the Lords’ in parliament being put forward in 1816 but finally passed in 1819; he also shows how this act in applied to children in cotton mills in the textile industry but didn’t to those working in lace making and other areas of employment. He also suggests that it was ‘poorly enforced’ without adequate safeguards to make sure there is no child labour or overworking. Hill would argue

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    with people living in villages and small towns. Most people earned their living by working in farms and skilled labour. However‚ the industrial revolution changed the lifestyles for the British population. There was a rapid increase in factories and mills; cities were built to house the growing workforce as many had left their Architecture jobs for industrial jobs. This lead to slums and overcrowded housing as the labour employers received the income from the workers. It was popular for families to

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    probably paid to the a lie about the factory. Another opponent is Edward Baines who wrote a part in his book about the conditions and the ideas he has for punishment for the workers.(History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain) Edward states that ¨abuse is the exception ‚not the rule¨(History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain) Edward is saying abuse is allowed but is not enforced. Edward is a supporter of healthy factory and child abuse which doesn’t help the healthy conditions of

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    Industrialization grew in many ways during the 1800’s. “It was largely pioneered by the northeastern cities in the united states” (Lecture 11). Many factors made Industrialization in America possible‚ including Natural Resources‚ New Transportation Systems‚ Industrial and Mechanization. The Industrial Revolution began in England because it had the resources that were needed. It all started with cloth industry. Making cloth by hand for pants‚ shirts‚ socks‚ bedspreads and other domestic items always

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