THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN The Great Britain was the first country to undergo industrial revolution which according to Musson and Robinson (1969) is the "transformation of a predominantly rural‚ agricultural and handicraft society into a predominantly urban‚ industrial and mechanized society" (60). Indeed the modern world owes a lot to British pioneers of the 18th and 19th century like Abraham Darby‚ Richard Arkwright‚ John Wilkinson‚ Samuel Crompton‚ Thomas Newcomen and James Watt
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Social Consequences The First Industrial Revolution is the name given to the years between 1780 and 1850 when agriculture was replaced by industry as the main wealth source in the Western world. With this major shift also came considerable societal disadvantages. I will justify my choice for the two most significant social consequences‚ the changes in family life and the penalties of child labor The role of the family was forever changed during the Industrial Revolution. When agriculture was the primary
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A combination of worsened economic conditions‚ new technology and unfortunate government policy made the lives of farmers significantly more difficult in the second half of the nineteenth century. Increased global competition‚ the beginning of the national market‚ and increased domestic production caused the price of goods to drop dramatically. In the late 1800s people were encouraged to move west and start farms‚ and were given loans by banks and the government to do so. This led to a large increase
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Child labor was first introduced in the Industrial Revolution in the 1800’s. Kids were forced to work long hours and in poor conditions. They also experienced different types of abuse such as verbal and physical abuse. Kids should not be working at such a young age. They should also not be treated like slaves. Child labor has to end‚ these kids need to live a better life. Kids who work don’t get to experience a childhood‚ don’t have time for family‚ and have to work in horrible conditions
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Industrial Revolution: Catalyst for the World In the ocean of modern history‚ there is a significant period between 1750 and 1914: The Industrial Revolution. During this period‚ the society and economic conditions had been influenced a lot by the major changes in agriculture‚ handicraft industry‚ manufacturing‚ transportation and technology. It was also a term that from agricultural and commercial society to modern industrial society. There were two revolutions during the middle of 18th century
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The Industrial Revolution Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries a wide range of change and industrialization occurred in Britain and other European countries‚ known as the Industrial Revolution. Previous to the Industrial Revolution‚ horse carts were used as way of transportation and production was regularly done in people’s home’s. The public welcomed new inventions and technology that were established during the revolution. It created jobs‚ railroads‚ and unions therefore developed stability
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There is always confusion between rather the Industrial Revolution was a revolution or a movement‚ and it is most definitely a revolution. A revolution is a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it. A movement is a group of people working together to advance their shared political‚ social‚ or artistic ideas. The Industrial Revolution was a time of great age‚ and was presented internationally. It represented major change from 1760 to
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The First Industrial Revolution The First Industrial Revolution Morris‚ Charles R.‚ and J. E. Morris. The dawn of innovation: the first American industrial revolution. New York: PublicAffairs‚ 2012. In this book‚ it’s all about the American Revolution‚ for many centuries Great Britain was on top. “As the United States became the world’s dominant power of the twentieth century‚ the model of society‚ albeit much adapted and trammeled‚ became the
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town took hours or even days. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution it now only takes minutes. During the 1700 and 1800s England had changed drastically because of the Industrial Revolution. While this time period was mostly beneficial‚ there were however a few downsides. For example‚ Great Britain’s environment became polluted from all the machines and many workers including children were killed by dangerous jobs. On the bright side‚ the Industrial Revolution was a time things were no longer powered
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During the 1750s the world was evolving. This was the called the Industrial Revolution. Specifically the Industrial Revolution that began in Europe changed the country dramatically. Society changed where there were positive and negative changes. There were many positive effects of the Industrial Revolution on European society. People invented new inventions that helped the country in more than one way economically. With machines running factories and making the goods; the good were cheaper
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