It was the year 2008. Exactly 833 days prior to the writing of this essay‚ Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th president of the United States of America. The road that lay ahead of this relatively young‚ but undoubtedly brilliant politician was laden with pot-holes‚ cracks‚ and unpaved areas. He faced the repercussions of an economic meltdown‚ two foreign wars against an unidentifiable enemy‚ and dismal education system. It can be said that political change was eminent‚ with the several new faces
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The Industrial Revolution started in Britain in the 1700s. It is defined as the process of change from an agrarian‚ handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. This means a shift from the home to the factory‚ from the country to the city‚ from human or animal power to engines powered by fossil fuels (coal and‚ later‚ oil). The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in human history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. The industrial
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Later on during the 18th century some remarkable innovation transferred the way of production forever. Steam machine which was the most revolutionizing‚ because it provided a source of power to operate machines in factories. Followed by the spinning Jenny and the power loom. Production moved from costly and time taking production of single handcraft men to faster production with a bigger volume. Craft production had major shortcomings. Because products were made by skilled craftsmen who custom
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time and each of them had separate individual effect on society. James watt had improved the steam engine which maintained the growth of cheap and faster transportation. Moreover with the help of inventions such as the power loom‚ cotton gin‚ spinning jenny and the water frame there was an increase of production in the sewing and textile industry. In addition the working conditions had also improved‚ in the factories skilled labor was necessary to work for them and to have faster production. This
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History Chapter 2&5 Notes Checklist on Chapter 2: Who was the founder of Singapore? 1. Reasons why Singapore was chosen as a port 2. Importance of the signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty 3. Contributions of Maj William Farquhar‚ Sir Stamford Raffles‚ John Crawfurd. Reasons why Singapore was chosen as a port British Current Situation 1. They had ports at Bencoolen and Penang 2. They were also in trade with China and India. They traded their Opium which was from India
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INTRODUCTION The term industrial revolution refers means the strong transformation of a society- economically‚ socially‚ culturally and geographically. The Industrial revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in manufacturing‚ agriculture‚ mining‚ transportation and technology had a profound effect on the social‚ cultural and economic conditions of the times. FIRST IR The main differences between the First and Second Industrial Revolution were the invisible
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Also the new machines were expensive and had to be set up near rivers‚ where running water turned a water wheel to power the machines. Inventors such as Arkwright built spinning mills and for that he hired hundreds of workers all operating under the factory system. This system brought machines and workers together in one place under one roof for a number of hours each day and workers were paid daily or weekly wages. <br> <br>As
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steel‚ new energy sources began in England in the 18th century. For the age of industrialization that machinery requires steel. ¡§The invention of machinery brought some benefits such as increased production (including the steam engine and the spinning jenny)‚ the development of the factory system‚ and important developments in transportation and communication (including the railroad and the telegraph)¡¨(http://www.answers.com).
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The industrial revolution was an era of great change to those in Britain and America. This transforming period took place during the 1760s through to the 1840s‚ when it transformed the society into our world today. Due to the quickly changing agrarian culture towns and villages soon became deserted due to everyone migrating to the cities this created the Urbanisation society and prompted inventions to be shaped and built. Where with a push of a button we can communicate with our distant friends and
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with the removal of the clergy‚nobility and commoners to create the middle class They had to adapt to the mass unemployment wave that spread across Britain because of the revolution of technology such as more advanced farming techniques and the spinning Jenny which sped up the long process of weaving wool. This revolution caused unemployment because the
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