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    improve‚ for the children of farm labourers and the working class‚ during the Industrial Revolution?" The children of the 18th and 19th centuries (1750s to 1850s)‚ during the Industrial Revolution in Britain‚ endured harsh times. They had to sacrifice their childhood to work and earn money for their family. The lives of these children of farm labourers and the working class didn’t improve during the Industrial Revolution. There were many benefits for these children‚ such as Laws‚ Leisure‚ Sports and

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    The transatlantic slave trade was the largest horrific forced migration of Africans from their homelands to western hemisphere from 15th to 19th Century. Over twelve million men‚ women and children became the victim of this extreme exploitation. It was one of the terrific assaults in the human history which greatly influenced Africa’s Political and economic state. The purpose of the slave trade was to obtain profit and goods from European traders .Europeans used the slaves for plantations in Americas

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    Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Slavery The Industrial Revolution started in Britain‚ where population was sky rocketing and demand for goods was increasing. This higher demand forced innovators and scientists to invent machines that would make production much faster than their old ways. Before the push for new technology‚ goods were being produced through the putting-out system: one where a manufacturer would make part of the product‚ send it out for someone to finish it‚ then put it on

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    How did the raw materials assist in causing the Industrial Revolution? Coal was one of man’s earliest sources of heat and light. The Chinese were known to have used it more than 3‚000 years ago. It was discovered in Britain. The United Kingdom had a large amount of coal‚ especially in the North West‚ North East‚ Southern Scotland and Wales. Coal also helped improve the ability to manufacture iron‚ a metal needed to make machines and build factories. England traded and sold coal‚ oil‚ wood‚ steel

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    The Transatlantic slave trade and its causes were a major event in European and world history‚ its ongoing spiral of events leaves a major mark on many societies. Europeans greed and power led to the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. The cause of all these events was minor‚ and snowballed into the major problems of today. These events shine through to today where discrimination is around every corner and lurking everywhere. The Transatlantic slave trade steered history on a course to discrimination

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    Why was Britain the first nation to industrialize? Britain began to industrialize around the 1750’s and it continued to progress until the mid nineteenth century. There were many factors that triggered Britain to industrialize. For example‚ its vast population growth and gradual advancement in technology‚ nevertheless there were also pre-existent natural resources that appeared advantageous to Britain’s industrial expansion. Furthermore this essay will demonstrate some of the major

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    The NEXT Industrial Revolution by William McDonough and Michael Braungart October 1998 The Atlantic "Eco-efficiency‚" the current industrial buzzword‚ will neither save the environment nor foster ingenuity and productivity‚ the authors say. They propose a new approach that aims to solve rather than alleviate the problems that industry makes In the spring of 1912 one of the largest moving objects ever created by human beings left Southampton and began gliding toward New York. It was the epitome

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    04/01/2014 UNIVERSITY OF MKAR‚ MKAR INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE WORLD; UMM/SMGT/O1O/895 SULE PAUL ONAH Abstract The word revolution implies a dramatic change and is usually used to describe a political event like the rejection of England’s rule. The term also can also be used to describe an economic upheaval. In an ‘industrial revolution’ there is a dramatic change from a society in which most people live in towns or cities. For example‚ when George Washington was president the vast majority of Americans

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    Industrial Revolution (DBQ) England‚ the lead world superpower at the time‚ had both the financial and intellectual resources available to put into research and development for Industrial Revolution to begin in England. Being an economic beacon they tended to attract the smartest and most motivated individuals‚ who were in need of work‚ to England. Economic pressures in the textile business‚ which England dominated‚ started to drive toward industrialized factories. The increase of economic efficiently

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    with the help of the trans-Atlantic trade. Great Britain was then able to have adequate supremacy over the colonies to impose several acts such as the Navigation Acts and Molasses Act. Trade routes linked the American Colonies‚ West Indies‚ Africa and England. England‚ being the mother country‚ wanted a favorable balance of trade. The triangular trade is an example of mercantilism‚ or the idea that the mother country gains wealth and power by controlling the trade of its colonies. By taking products

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