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    During the Industrial Revolution cities all over the world grew. The population growth affected the way many people conducted business. Business thrived in Great Britain due to the laws that encouraged business. People throughout these cities created inventions leading to faster‚ easier‚ more efficient‚ but also larger machines. These inventions eventually became to big for homes and moved into factories eventually creating factory towns. The way people conducted business mostly hurt everybody other

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    the British Government passed a Factory Act to improve conditions for children working in factories. Explain the developments that led to safer conditions for children. The Industrial revolution is perhaps the most significant period of change in modern history. It took place from the 18th and 19th century and was the start of a technological revolution that primarily affected rural societies in Europe and America. During the Industrial Revolution‚ there was a great demand for labor. Families in rural

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    DBQ: Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution had many different impacts on England’s people and economy‚ some being positive and others negative. The Industrial Revolution began when new inventions were introduced to England. These inventions effected transportation‚ jobs‚ social classes‚ education‚ and living conditions. As the revolution was in motion‚ a number of people had benefited from its growth in the manufacturing industry. Women had started working in factories‚ producing cloth

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    Industrial People‚ Industrial Fashion Karsen McKinney History 112: Origins of the Modern World April 17‚ 2013 Debates are still raised about whether or not the positive outcomes of the Industrial Revolution were worth the struggles faced during the time period. Fashion reflects its time period; therefore‚ by looking at the fashion of a time one can understand the motives‚ lifestyles‚ and productivity of the time period. By analyzing the fashion industry as a whole from 1780-1860—trends‚ trades

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    Ottoman Turks. Some continuities is that we use some of the same patterns of trading  throughout 1492-1914. For example‚ we still use the availability of oceans and seas to trade along the coasts of countries. But there were many changes as well. During the 1800’s and 1900’s‚ technology became

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    The living and working conditions in Australia‚ at the start of the century depended very much on which social class a person belonged to because the society followed ‘laissez-faire’ policies‚ that is‚ the government interfered little in economic affairs and left people to look after themselves. Therefore‚ between the rich and the poor there were enormous differences in living conditions such as education‚ health and hygiene and in particular leisure. For average Australians work was very laborious

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    Industrial Revolution THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN ENGLAND‚ AND SPREAD TO THE REST OF WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‚ CAME AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR RAW MATERIALS FROM THE AMERICAS‚ ASIA‚ AND AFRICA. ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY PRODUCED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‚ WHILE ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE ALTERED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL CITIES. CULTURAL CHANGES SOON FOLLOWED. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES WERE BASED ON THE FAMILY UNIT

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    Industrial Revolution There was an overall impact on the positivity of the industrial revolution. In factories‚ there was more development of assembly lines‚ all the railroads had faster‚ and better production of goods. With problems like child labor and over-crowding‚ the industrial revolution contributed. It helped provide new school funding for more child care‚ too. Resulting in‚ the Industrial Revolution enhanced both the economic production AND the way people lived in their modern life. Factories

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    Socialist Ideology (a)The origins and principal tenets of the socialist thought. Before the Industrial Revolution Britain was an agrarian society with approximately 90% of the population living in the rural areas. Most people worked in the field as farmers and farmhands on land owned by a small minority (Aristocrats). During this time‚ the manufacturing of goods such as textile was a slow process because everything was done by hand. However‚ a series of innovations changed the way people lived

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place in 1760 was a period throughout which predominantly agrarian‚ rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ which began in Britain people used to use hand production methods‚ and then since the Industrial Revolution it upgraded to machines‚ new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes‚ improved efficiency of water power‚ the increasing use of steam power‚ the development of machine tools

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