Jonathan Schnurr 4/17/15 AP World History Period.6 Period 5 Industrialization and Global Integration, c.1750 to c.1900 How did the technology that was developed between 1750-1900 improve the standard of living and work conditions of the people living during that period and how did it advance the business and political arenas. Typewriter (1714) The Typewriter was invented in 1714 by a team of three men: Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule. The typewriter was used up till the late 20th century as the best way to write a document in a professional manner. It increased the efficiency of writing. This made communicating ideas through print easier, saving businesses money and making workers lives easier. Spinning Jenny (1764) The spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 by English inventor James Hargreaves. The spinning Jenny was used to convert wool into yarn. Prior to his invention the yarn producers could not keep up with the high demand due to the difficult nature of converting wool to yarn, until the invention of the spinning Jenny which made the process cheaper and much more efficient. It was also very simple to use so a relatively undereducated farmer could easily learn how to use the device to make yarn for the farm1. The excess of yarn and string that came about thanks to the spinning Jenny lead to a higher number of highly efficient looms which decreased the cost of fabric which was a critical need for clothing the
Introduction of the factory system was earth shattering and increased manufacturing for the cotton and iron industry which effected cities and the population distribution. There were four inventions that changed manufacturing and the way people worked. Some inventions included the spinning Jenny, Crompton’s Mule, and the Self acting Mule, and the Water Frame. “In 1764, Hargreaves invented a new spinning wheel. He called it the spinning jenny in honor of his wife. This simple machine allowed one spinner to work six or eight threads at a time.” (course reader 102) The Spinning Jenny was a machine that helped the people sew clothes faster. Then came Cromptons Mule, “In 1779, Samuel Crompton combined features of the spinning jenny and the water-frame
Technological advances during the period 1450-1750, or the Renaissance Era, were major influences to the way of life seen today. The ships, tools for traveling, especially the ones made Portugal and Spain all Impact society today, allowing for the age of exploration to emerge. All these tools proved prosperous but known more important than the printing-press independently developed in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg. Germany before this time was divided, in other words not a country yet, but divided into a city-state format, different provinces ruled by a king under an interregnum. Also, before this era Germany was still under the Holy Roman Empire, in other words Catholic in their Religion. The impact that this new technology produced in
The reason I am interested in this section is because I want to know why people decided to change everything to machinery. How did they think to build factories? How long did it take them to be more equipped in the type of technology that was made?
Before the 19th century America had minimum machine operated to manufactures products, so the resulted in the merchandise was made by hand. New Nationalist era change America because fresh idea of technologies in agriculture, transportation, and communication were beginning to be development. In America's New Nationalist periods there were multiple contemporary technology innovations in agriculture, transportation, and communication, which positively and negatively impacted Americans society.
Newly invented machinery quickened the cultivation of crops and manufacturing of goods, with more laboring working demands
New technologies improved agricultural and industrial productivity. Growing cities provided markets and workers for industrial businesses. Products were allowed to reach distant markets because of improved railroad
Throughout all of human history, advances in technology have sparked changes in society. From the stone tools of the early humans to today’s smartphones, technology has influenced history and helped shape the world to its current form. One historical period that featured significant advances in technology was the Industrial Revolution, which occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this time,
Centuries ago, man used to write on paper with a pen. The innovation that we have within ourselves brought our ancestors the idea of inventing something which in place of using a pen just used a paper and the letters or the text was encrypted on it by a machine. The efforts yielded us the term “Typewriter”. It was a mechanical device which had the letters of the alphabets placed on it with essentials like a button which was used to create spaces between words and the strokes of the letters produced the exact same words on the paper through mechanically moving thongs which impressed letters on the paper. A typical typewriter is shown in the figure; it was the first commercial typewriter which was brought in the market. Christopher Stoles patented
The technological advances in the 1800s led to a creation of a national market. With the creation of the railroad, people were no longer isolated on their homesteads and in their towns. They became connected by the railroad tracks thus creating a web of consumers and companies rose to the occasion. When the railroad was built, this allowed for both people and goods to be moved across the nation at a much quicker rate of speed. Before the railroad, it would take months to get from one place to the next. After the railroad, it only took days to get from one coast to the other. Advances in manufacturing technology created mass production or things being made in masses at record speed. No longer were things made by hand, new technology helped
From 1750 to 1850, the world was changed indefinitely. The Industrial Revolution was one of many things that cause this change. Many people had to adapt to the new ways of living during this time period. From moving to new locations to young children having to work long, tough hours. The Industrial Revolution had a major impact on social and economic standing’s, some of them beneficial, others more trivial.
Society was exceptionally different in the 1500’s compared to now. Complex ideas from intelligent individuals and explorers lead us to modernity. Additionally, new technology directed society to new changes in everyday life and impacted our world in many ways. Finally, reformers and explorers who produced these ideas and technologies impacted our society greatly and mended it to modernity. Abstract ideas, technology, and leaders in the 1500’s modernized our world to be the way it is today.
Life as we know it today in the modern world, is significantly different to the lives that our predecessors lived during the period 1500-1800. The changes across the centuries are the result of a process of advancements over time. This essay will examine life in the period 1500-1800 as highlighted in the work of George Blainey (2000) and will compare key differences of life in this early period, against life in the modern world today. Throughout this essay, the main focus will be based on three areas which have seen significant change over this period of time: the production of food, work practices and the standard of living. The advancements in these three areas, has led to societies living very
Most of the time we go through our lives daily on a set routine: Wake up, go to school/work, come home, have some possible leisure time, then go to bed and get ready for the next day. However, how many times have you ever just looked around at the world we live in today and thought about the amount of items we as humans have created to better our lives. Probably not much because these things that make our lives easier cause us to become trapped inside the world of technology and ultimately, the things that were designed to assist our lives, create more problems.
Times of hardship and change transpired remorefully greater during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s for Americans. A period at which rapid growth and fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, and transportation. The Industrial Revolution changed people’s way of life at which new machinery, transportation, and technology was developed. Those inventions were too advanced for workers who worked in the factories to keep up with so they had to quickly advance in their abilities. It began in England and expanded to the United States at which the supply was not meeting the demand so creating new inventions was ideal and constructed a higher supply for a greater demand for a cheaper price. John Kay in 1733 decided to invent and patent a machine that worked off of electricity that made fabric making faster and easier. He was a great inventor who changed the world by manufacturing clothing that is still in effect today and impacted the 21st century. According to Robert Edgar author of Pearson World History Past and Present textbook “,Their machines and the new power sources expanded productivity and transformed society in ways never before imagined”. As the demand was outweighing the supply, manufactures were required to generate more and meet society’s demands, which caused factories to be very diligent. The idea was off from there and traveled to the United States where it was distributed became a remarkable point in History known as The Industrial
The most direct impact these new inventions had on society was their ability to lower the price of the manufactured goods that were produced (Doc 4). The rise of the factory system increased the output of goods, thus lowering the prices of the goods on the market according to the laws of supply and demand. One of the most noticeable positive economic impacts was that an unprecedented amount of English citizens enjoyed the “comfort and conveniences” that had “no existence” in any part of Europe “two or three centuries ago” (Doc