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    Most products people in the industrialized nations use today are turned out swiftly by the process of mass production‚ by people (and sometimes‚ robots) working on assembly lines using power-driven machines. People of ancient and medieval times had no such products. They had to spend long‚ tedious hours of hand labor even on simple objects. The energy‚ or power‚ they employed in work came almost wholly from their own and animals’ muscles. The Industrial Revolution is the name given the movement in

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    A hero named Jenny. ‘Jenny‚ you have to wake up now it is twelve o’clock and you’re still sleeping!’ my mom shouted from downstairs. I forced myself up from the bed‚ changed to my everyday clothes and hurried downstairs. ‘Good morning.’ I said. ‘Honestly Jenny‚ sleeping until twelve o’clock is not a good habit.’ she told me. ‘Well‚ I don’t see why you think it’s so bad‚’ I replied. ‘I go to bed later at night than you do‚ and therefore I wake up later.’ I explained‚ but as always‚ there are two

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    Comparing and Contrasting the French and Industrial Revolutions The French Revolution and Industrial Revolution were both times of great change. The Industrial Revolution lasted over 100 years while the French Revolution lasted just over fifteen. Even though the two revolutions are very different in length‚ they have many similarities. In this paper I’m going to tell you four them and four differences. These two revolutions were the same in that both allowed for social mobility; both left behind

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    Carlos Bautista The Industrial Revolution Outline China was the first advanced industrialized country before the western world. Under the Song Dynasty with Neo-Confucian high culture. China’s advances in iron manufacturing permitted large projects such as bridges and buildings. Deforestation became a serious problem. Western Europe began to catch up and surpass China‚ especially Great Britain. By changing their belief system in the economic side‚ the pursuit of profit became the main goal. By

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    ways to improve the spinning of cotton. The first solution| |to this bottleneck appeared around 1765 when James Hargreaves (c.1720-1778)‚ a carpenter by trade‚ invented his cotton-spinning | |jenny. At almost the same time‚ Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) invented another kind of spinning device‚ the water frame. Thanks to | |these two innovations‚ ten times as much cotton yarn had been manufactured in 1790 than had been possible just twenty years earlier.| |Hargreaves’ jenny was simple‚ inexpensive

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    8) England was able to produce more crops. The people in England made industrialization possible. They invented new ideas and machines. The flying shuttle‚ spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ power loom‚ and cotton gin were invented for textile factories. (doc 6) People made changes in agriculture. “People left other occupations and came to spinning for the sake of the high wages.” (doc 2) People came to work in the factories. Assembly lines made it possible to produce more products faster. (doc 3) The

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    Monter 1 The Industrial Revolution was an era in which many new concepts and inventions were being made. The Industrial Revolution was both bad and good for the people at this time. The Industrial Revolution was mostly centered around textiles and coal mining. The inventions would surely make life easier on them but also very hard. The people at this time had to support themselves and their families and the new inventions were taking away their jobs and leaving them on the streets with no job‚ food

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    There was an industrial revolution in Britain because of many factors. An industrial revolution means the change of the whole industry in a country. This change affected all that was in the country and was mostly improvements that were made. Usually‚ production rate of many things increase due to maybe the demands of people are getting higher‚ or the population is increasing dramatically. The Industrial in Britain was caused by the increase of population‚ the increase of production (food/farming)

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    Today our world’s ruins come from discovery and invention‚ from people who turned their ideas into creations. In the late 1700s‚ the start of something big and extremely influential sprung. Manufacturing became popular among societies‚ industrialization began to shift‚ and empowerment of factories and machinery arose. “The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization‚” Stephen Gardiner. From this revolution production expanded and new technology

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    The industrial revolution began during the eighteenth century‚ significantly altering the lives of millions and society‚ in terms of social order‚ industry‚ and technology. A combination of advantageous factors like economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ and political components over other nations allowed Great Britain to become the first nation to industrialize and prosper. Religion played an important role‚ Queen Elizabeth I had established a Protestant country; meaning it was okay to be rich. The laissez-faire

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