The period between 1750-1900 is called the Industrial Revolution. This phase contained social‚ economic and technological changes that improved their way of life. They had several more cures‚ which lead to a higher life expectancy. Additionally‚ they had better transport‚ however‚ the population increased by 30 million‚ which meant that it was overcrowded with people. Overall‚ the health‚ holidays and travel improved: but homes didn’t. The three most significant developments in the Industrial Revolution
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was the process of change from a rural economy to an urban economy dominated by machines. These technological changes have changed the ways of working and living. Changes in communication in Britain have a significant impact on everyday life from 1750 to 1900. There were lots of useful inventions‚ and the telephone was one of them‚ which created more opportunities for conversation to occur. Effective communication can help people express their feelings‚ understand others‚ and build relationships. A
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And were they all for the better?There were many changes during 1750 to 1900‚ the majority of which were industrial and economic and not always for the better of then or the better of now. In this essay I will list two changes that I thought significant then I will list the negative short term effects‚ the negative long term effects‚ the positive short term effects and the positive long term effects. At the end of each change I will decide whether it was an overall positive or negative change.
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Western Europe changed rapidly during the Early Modern Period‚ from around 1450 to 1750: very little remained the same. The shift from feudalism to the development of defined nation states that looked to colonize the New World continued with more centralized forms of parliamentary and absolute monarchies. Colonies helped increase revenue for the West‚ fundamentally altering the economy from its agricultural base during the feudal period to a capitalist world economy with a rising middle class‚ though
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which left lot of economic opportunity to be had. During the time between 1450 and 1750‚ the new world was just starting to be settled by Europeans‚ starting with Columbus reaching the Americas in 1492 (when he sailed the ocean blue). This period was used by the Europeans to conquer any empires and enslave workers to work there new empires and mines in the search for precious metals. Later in the time from 1750-1900 the economies of the new economies became strongly focused on agriculture. Differences:
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From 1750 to 1900 there were some big changes which had an impact on every day life. Progress is defined as continuous improvement over a certain period of time. A revolution can be known as a big change. So a revolution‚ and then everything being at a standstill isn ’t progress. Furthermore you cannot improve over a period of time and have big hindrances in between; if any‚ hindrances can only be very minor. So the big question is how much consistent improvement was there from 1750 to 1900?
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rapidly‚ one can see a long steady build-up toward it in Western Europe over many centuries. The extensive use of water wheels‚ windmills‚ and other labor saving devices all put the European mentality in touch with exploiting natural forces and laws to increase productivity. The Enlightenment’s scientific discoveries also laid the foundations for industrial and scientific advances of the 1800’s. All of these developments took place in Western Europe because of different forces that fed back on one another
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form of government in Japan and Western Europe at one time. Feudalism is a decentralized form of government. It was a major system for Japan for 700 years from the 12th century. In Western Europe‚ it was a major system from the 9th century to the 10th century. The two feudal systems were similar because they both went into a feudal period for protection. The difference is that the Japanese went into the feudal period for protection from internal invasions and Europe wanted to be protected from external
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The Black Death The Black Death almost wiped out all of Western Europe. The Black Death was carried by flea infested rat. These rats came from ships coming from Asia. The rats thrived in the filthy streets of Western Europe. The Black Death killed 1/3 of Western Europe’s population. Although the Black Death devastated Western Europe it also had many benefits such as higher wages for peasants‚ job opportunities for women‚ and innovations in the work place. One of the benefits of the Black
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In response to the growing threat of the Muslim expansion against the Holy Roman Empire and the rest of Europe‚ Pope Urban II set forth a hazardous request at the Council of Clermont in 1095 for an army of Eastern and Western Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was
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