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    The Industrial Revolution played a major role in shaping today’s modern world. It began in 18th century Britain; the heart of the Industrial Revolution. At this time‚ Britain had just experienced the Agricultural Revolution‚ which led to many new concepts and inventions; these inventions replaced many farmer’s jobs‚ so these farmers went to look for work in factories. Great Britain also controlled many colonies from whom they gained valuable resources. Surprisingly‚ it was not until a century later

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    Asta Vaughn AP World History   February 5‚ 2015  Period 5  Industrial Revolution DBQ    The  Industrial  Revolution was the turning point of the 19th century‚ which paved the way  for  many  of  today’s  modern   machines  and  technologies.  Notable  advances  during  the   Industrial  revolution  include  steam  powered  engines‚  the  telegraph‚  and  the  telephone.  However‚  human  operated  machines   for  producing  cloth  ade  the  process of producing textile much  more efficient‚  and 

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    Even though Imperialism has been lessened to an extent‚ is still strong today. Fueled by an industrial revolution‚ Imperialism thrived during the 19th century. Shaping the modern world through partitions and wars‚ Imperialism quenched the thirst for wealth sought by the western world. As imperialism is a direct effect of industrialization‚ it must come with all the negative effects if industrialization. Though improvements such as irrigation systems and roads were developed‚ the famine‚ disease‚

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    SESSION TEN LANGUAGE AND POWER (2): POWER BEHIND DISCOURSE Main points in this session: 1. Power behind discourse: Standard language 2. Power behind discourse: discourse types as ‘effects of power’ 3. Power and access to discourse The idea of ‘power behind discourse’ is that the whole social order of discourse is put together and held together as a hidden effect of power. Fairclough (1989) = three aspects of ‘power behind discourse’‚ i.e. of hidden effects of power: 1. Standard language

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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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    PER 1 This essay is about the story of antigone ‚I wrote it about the whole story about what she died and about crean and what they did and how they died.Atigone is siters with ismene and she has a brother named creon. Antigone‚ the sister of Polyneices‚ decides to bury her brother despite the death penalty for doing so established by Creon. When Antigone is caught in the act‚ Creon sentences her to death by surrounding her "in a vault of stone... in the wilderness" despite the fact that Antigone

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    The Power Behind Premonitions Premonitions dreams have occurred throughout history leaving profound footprints where they made appearances or came true. In recent research‚ 37 out of 51 premonition dreams came true. A premonition is a forewarning‚ or intuition of what is to come. Although it is undecided whether or not they are accurate by chance or by a supernatural force‚ premonition dreams often come true. Premonitions happen spontaneously and as of now‚ there is no explanation for why or

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    PART 2 COMPULSORY SECTION – EVALUATING THE IN DUSTRIAL REVOLUTION To what extent was the Industrial Revolution characterized by suffering With any major change in society‚ there are always winners and losers‚ and whilst the 18th and 19th Century Industrial Revolution saw great advancement in the iron and textile industries‚ transportation‚ communication and banking and an improved standard of living for the middle and upper classes‚ large groups of society experienced terrible living conditions in

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    The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialisation that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Industrial Revolution‚ beginning in Great Britain‚ quickly spread throughout the world. This time period saw the mechanisation of agriculture and textile manufacturing and a revolution in power (i.e.‚ steam ships and railroads) and had a massive effect on social‚ cultural and economic conditions. The Industrial Revolution had an enormous effect on Sport in Britain. Many changes

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    2. How did the Industrial Revolution transform society? During the 1700’s‚ manufacturing companies in Britain began producing goods in a completely new way that would soon spread across Europe and then across the world. Inventors built remarkable machines. New forms of power‚ such as steam‚ replaced the strength of human and animals. The factory system of making goods also came into use. All of these advances affected patterns of living as well as working. Because society was so transformed‚ this

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