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    I. First Industrial Revolution: The Industrial Revolution brought people new life during that period. Using new technology on production and bringing fresh air to society made the development of the world. Growing domestic and international markets‚ innovations were obviously positive influences in order to form a better world. (Cole‚ 454) The French Revolution transformed the political landscape of Europe and the economic transformation also began in Europe in the 1780s. In early 1700s‚ Britain

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    mail systems were also invented. The Railways helped Europe modernize in many significant ways. Machines such as the cotton gin‚ water frame‚ power loom‚ and spinning jenny allowed textile products to be produced in mass quantities. There was a great demand for cotton and the request for it surpassed the amount that could be produced until spinning machines were invented to keep up with the demand. The most well known cotton related invention was Eli Whitney’s cotton gin‚ invented in 1793. This machine

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    The Industrial Revolution was a movement from handwork to powered machinery and industry that lasted from 1760 to 1840. It began in Great Britain due to the Agricultural Revolution‚ the Enclosure Movement‚ an available supply of capital and natural resources‚ and the nation’s supply of markets. The Agricultural Revolution increased farmland‚ improved techniques‚ and new crops allowed more people to be fed at a lower cost with less labor. The growing population was forced to migrate to the cities

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    that children should work on basic skills at school.             2. Inventions:- Modern Inventions was another positive effect of the industrialization development. Some examples of inventions are x-rays‚ telephone‚ electricity‚ steamboats‚ spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ and the power loom. Doctors in hospitals used X-rays to help them examine peoples’ overall health. Steamboats were a brilliant invention to help people move their goods or material across rivers or other small bodies of water. Railroads

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    Prior to the industrial revolution‚ most cotton spinning was done with a wheel in the home. These advances allowed families to increase their productivity and output enormously. It gave them a way more disposable income and enabled them to facilitate the growth of a more large consumer goods market. The

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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 was an era between the 18th and 19th century that lead massive developments in technology and environment that turned Early Britain into the leading country in early industrial development. Though‚ in some cases the rapid Industrialisation of Britain wasn’t always a good thing. This essay will demonstrate different views of whether the Industrial Revolution created a better modern day world. The Industrial Revolution was a stage in history that saw the introduction to many

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    commerce and finance. The working class‚ which included the men‚ women‚ and children laboring in the textile mills‚ pottery works‚ and mines‚ were the ones who should have been credited England’s success. Before the Industrial Revolution‚ the spinning of yarn and the weaving of cloth occurred primarily in the home‚ with most of the work done by people working alone or with family members. This lasted for centuries until the

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    natural resources and ports it had access to. Samuel Slater was the man who brought this revolution from Britain to America (NIHF 1). He brought the first cotton mill to America‚ which changed our textile industry forever. New inventions like the spinning jenny and the power loom made it possible for machines to do work that people used to do by hand. This made making things like clothes much quicker and easier for American land owners. These inventions were

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    production. This method was time consuming and inefficient because it was done by hand. During the Industrial Revolution a new process for making cloth and other materials developed named the factor system. Inventions such as the mule‚ the spinning jenny‚ and the power loon allowed entrepreneurs to set up factories in which entire production took place under one roof. Under the factory system‚ a merchant had to take raw material to only one place for refinement and could then sell the finished

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