Dramatic Changes During The Industrial Revolution

The use of coal which is most common today started in the 700’s CE and it is the use of coal as an energy source. Though not officially used as a heat source until the 1100’s CE, many methods of burning it for protective smoke were used. While the use of coal for heat was cheaper than wood, the side effects of it shortly began to show. As the mass used of coal came to be, the price of it rose sharply as up to ½ of lower class family wages were used only for the minimal amount of coal needed to survive harsh cold months. London also grew dependent on coal and many signs were showing just why this statement was true. The coal smoke smudged the city and thick black clouds could be seen from miles away surrounding London. These plus other negative effects of coal explains how the misuse of coal led to more negative occurrences than positive and beneficial use it gave.

Coal became the fuel that fired the furnaces of the nation, transforming the Appalachian region socially and economically. Unfortunately mountain people didn't realize the implications of their mineral wealth. Many sold their land and mineral rights for pennies an acre to outlanders. Appalachians became laborers rather than entrepreneurs. Coal became a major industry which was extremely sensitive to outside fluctuations in the economy, leading to boom and bust cycles. The industry was controlled by interests outside the region, so that little of the profit remained or was reinvested.

Initially, charcoal and wood were used a fuel source, but as those resources became scarce, coal became a necessity. As shown in Document 1, England was fortunate enough to have a readily available coal supply that other countries in Europe were not able to have. As England became industrialized, more coal was needed to fuel steam engines and furnaces. The development of factories and the improvement of the steam engine also increased the demand for coal. As a result, coal mines that were once mined at the surface, now got deeper and deeper, and there was too much water to safely get more coal. When the Newcomen engine was put into use at the coal mines, coal was put into the steam engine to pump more coal out. Similarly almost every other piece of technology in that time period used coal as the main fuel source so the need for coal skyrocketed. Document 4 explains how England had the natural conditions necessary to succeed such as coal, which is a major reason the Industrial Revolution started in England and not in any other

Coal discovery dates to the 1300s with the Hopi Natives. This would prove significant some five hundred years later when coal became the predominant source of power in the mid to late 1800s. This would prove even more significant when the Government started surveying the landscape for the best route for the Transcontinental Railroad in 1853. Upon completion of the research, one thing the scouts made clear was the presence of coal in Wyoming and some of the western states. To run supplies from the eastern states to the west they needed the presence of coal to be close and readily available for the coal fueled trains. This played a major role in the industrial revolution the United States was about the experience.

Brought on by the onset of the industrial revolution, there was a great increase in the mechanization and automation of things. Changes in manufacturing, agriculture, mining, transportation and technology, all had a profound effect on social and economic conditions in the United States. New machines and interchangeable parts were large parts of the revolution of manufacturing, particularly in the textile industry. In the 1780’s Oliver Evans in vented the automated flour mill that eventually replaced gristmills and by the 1800’s Evans had also developed one of the first high pressured stream engines. In 1793, popular inventor Eli Whitney developed a machine that separated seeds of short fibered cotton from the fibers; the resulting cotton gin generated huge profit and in turn changed the game in the south. As you can see, American inventors contributed significantly to this period of economic and industrial growth not only in the U.S. but internationally. Improved transportation networks and increase in urban populations allowed for the expansion of domestic markets and the unprecedented production levels in domestic manufacturing and commercial agriculture throughout this period greatly strengthened the American economy and reduced dependence on imports. Between 1800 and 1820, additional tools and technology continued to emerge that further increased the efficiency and quality of manufacturing. These first two decades saw the development of all metal machine tools and steam power fueled by coal, utilization of water wheels and powered machinery became common in manufacturing. During this time, domestic trade also expanded with the introduction of canals and improved railways and roads while subsistence farming saw a steep decline. The industrial revolution overall resulted in greater wealth and lager populations in America as well as Europe, and saw a transition away from agricultural- based

Coal was used for just about everything. It was used for the iron and steel industry, for steam powered transportation, and, of course, for home heating in coal furnaces and in stoves. It was seemingly the major fuel for industry. Coal was increasingly abundant in the mountains from West Virginia to Alabama. The production of coal rose from five million tons to fifty million tons in the twenty five years between 1875 and1900.

The discovery of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s led to the development of a robust coal industry in the eastern part of Pennsylvania that grew rapidly and contributed greatly to the history and the economy of Pennsylvania. The book The Face of Decline written by Thomas Dublin, Walter Licht, provides a well written historical and personal account of the discovery, growth, and finally the collapse of the anthracite coal industry in Pennsylvania in a chronological format. Half way through the book one starts to notice some changes in the authors format to cause and effect. The change occurs in order to discuss the cause and resulting effect of events in the region and the solutions. The story is one of great growth and opportunity in the early years which are highlighted by the documented economic growth experienced and supported through testimony within the eastern Pennsylvania coal region. After a period of economic prosperity and community growth from 1900 through 1940 challenges began to erode and occur that created problems for the community and the economy that the coal industry provided. Finally the region’s economy suffered horrendous losses as described by interviews of local residents and families who lived and experienced the rise of the region’s economy. Many of the scars are still evident by the blight and decaying scenes one would experience by traveling through the region’s communities that once fueled the American economy with the energy

If you strongly believe that new ways of living for people were affecting the way that you thought about how people should live, what would you do? A group of people strongly disagreed with the changes during the industrial revolution, French revolution, and the enlightenment. These people were Romanticist their opinions and reactions helped change the way people thought about these new changes and here are examples of their reactions to the new way of living. Romanticist disagreed with the a lot of changes that were happening to the earth during the industrial revolution. Also Romanticist hated the new ideas of controlling mother nature during the enlightenment.

America in the 18th to 19th centuries underwent a great change, The Industrial Revolution. It was a time in which mainly rural societies became industrialized and urban. The Industrial Revolution marked a shift to special purpose machinery, factories and mass production. The Industrial Revolution also brought improved systems of transportation, communication and banking many of these changes we still use now.

They led to a boom in economic growth, generated demand from a range of industries, and allowed for cheaper and more large-scale transportation of goods. For example, railways helped with the expansion of the coal industry. During the 19th Century, towns were reliant on coal for purposes of power (cooking, heating and eventually gas). Even though demand for coal was thus

There seems to be so many differences between the industrial revolution transition and the current energy transition. Out of the four causes of transition, depletion of resources was the trigger that caused people to begin experimenting with coal. The second is technology. Solomon and Krishna (2011) talk about how the steam engine played the central role in converting the world energy from biomass to coal in regards to mining, large scale energy and opened the door to transportations. The development of the steam engine

Oil and coal, as the modern day person knows them today, appear to be vastly different from one another, not only by the means in the ways required to extract either energy sources, but in the way that it functions and how it can be used as energy. However, both of these energy sources do have their similarities, and one of which is their revolutionizing characteristics that transformed their eras and toward present-day times. Coal may have been bulky and required to burn much more of itself in order to travel long distances than was required of oil, but navigation over waters and over land drastically changed in the creation of the steamship and the railway because of the rise of this energy source. Conversely, oil, as aforementioned, did

The Industrial Revolution could possibly be the most important event in the history of our world. Before it, people worked mostly on farms or sold things through the market that were hand crafted. This revolution brought about great change in the ways that we produce goods and the economies of the world. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of the rough working and living conditions, it was actually a positive thing for society. Industrialization’s positive effects were an increased standard of living, better means of travel, and more developed countries with better economies.

“One factor contributing to the development of industry in Great Britain was that nation's large supply of coal and iron ore. For many centuries, the British had converted their iron ores to iron and steel by heating the raw material with charcoal, made from trees. By the mid-eighteenth century, however, the nation's timber supply had largely been decimated. Iron and steel manufacturers were forced to look elsewhere for a fuel to use in treating iron ores. The fuel they found was coal. When coal is heated in the absence of air it turns into coke. Coke proved to be a far superior material for the conversion of iron ore to iron and then to steel. It was eventually cheaper to produce than charcoal and it could be packed more tightly into a blast furnace, allowing the heating of a larger volume of iron.” The living standard as well as health increased with the increase in trade, more food products and livestock can be transported to further cities. As the steam engine improved trade and travel, the assembly line did for manufacturing.

The Industrial Revolution which took place in eighteenth century Great Britain acted as a sort of gateway to the discovery and usage of fossil fuels today ("Industrial Revolution." Para 1). It was an increasingly developing time as the economic market took off due to new scientific discoveries and expansion of industrial jobs and companies ("History of Fossil Fuel Usage since the Industrial Revolution." Para 4). New energy sources emerged. Some of which included fuel and motive power (coal, electricity, petroleum, etc.) ("Industrial Revolution." Para 2). A significant energy source that