The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative consequences on society. Many say that the Industrial Revolution would have never happened if the Agricultural Revolution didn’t occur. The Agricultural Revolution began with the creation of new labor saving inventions and techniques to help increase farm productivity and efficiency. The British Parliament then enacted The Enclosure Act which fenced off many small, peasant owned farms, and transformed them into one big farm. This drastically increased farm output. However, this threw many small farmers out of work and it was these farmers who became the major workforce for the textile factories. In the factories, the workers would make .While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of economic growth and the higher standard of living, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s …show more content…
A regular shift for any factory worker was 12-16 hours a day, six days a week. The poem “My Boy” written by a working mother during the Industrial Revolution says that her “labor drives [her] forth…” (Document 2) until “…night when [she is] free.” (Document 2) She is “a stranger… to [her] child and [her child] one to [her].” (Document 2). This was not unheard of during this time. Parents and their children being driven away from each other to provide for the family. However, the mother working at the factory provided better financial opportunities for her family and in turn a higher standard of living. Elizabeth Bentley, a woman who testified on the child labor in Britain, when asked “what time [she] began work at the factory” (Documents 7) responded “when I was six years old” (Document 7). She worked in the mill “for about a year” (Document 7). Long hours and separation of family weren’t the only problem when it came to the Industrial Revolution. The use of child labor was also a significant
America had a huge industrial revolution in the late 1800”s. Many changes happened to our great nation, which factored into this. The evidence clearly shows that advancements in new technology, a large wave of immigrants into our country and new views of our government, helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth from the period of 1860-1900.
The industrial revolution began in the 17th century and made significant change in the world. An era was over and the new one was beginning. The revolution has advantages and disadvantages. Rising of living standards, improving of health, lifetime and trade system are its advantages. On the other hand, manufacturing has caused major problems such as deforestation, excessive use of fossil fuel sources, irresponsible industrialisation and agricultural development. These changes have increased world’s atmospheric concentration of water vapour, CO2, CH4 and other gases (Stocker, 2013). These gases capture part of energy receiving from sun and trap this heat inside atmosphere that causes rising temperatures on the earth’s surface. Naturally, for continuation of life these gases are necessary, but result of the human events these gases has produced more than plants and environment need (Robins, 2016). Also, we call them Green Houses Gases because they have the similar effect like the ‘greenhouses’ utilised to increase condition of vegetables.
In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution transformed the lives of people both so-cially and economically, thus changing the organization of the production system. With it, the Industrial Revolution brought new challenges. Factories started to become larger, often congested with machines and people. In these environments, accidents were fre-quent, causing permanent or temporary disabilities. Due to the proximity between work-ers, infectious diseases became more prominent and an increasing problem.
Ever wonder about how the Industrial Revolution affected Manchester? Manchester had advanced greatly with many factories and new jobs available to the public. Manchester was advanced yet had many flaws. Industrialization brought many negative aspects such as poor living conditions, illnesses, and uncomfortable and overcrowded spaces.
Many people in the working class and the economy have different views on the Second Industrial Revolution. Industrialization was the start of growing the economy through manufacturing and trade. It provided many jobs to the community and provided wealth for some; for others, it provided extreme poverty. Business owners such as tycoons, manipulate people, bribe people, and have large competition against their competitors. The Second Industrial Revolution negatively affected the political, social, and economic development of the United States during the 19th century because big business owners had control over everything including the government, led to the rise of monopolies, and had poor working conditions and environments.
After the Industrial Revolution spread throughout Europe and America, it only started in Japan during the 1880s. The Industrial Revolution was a time where farms changed to factories . Due to the rule at that time that didn't allow them to follow after Europe and America because they didn't want to be in contact with them. After 100 years, Japan finally followed after and making new inventions such as the Spinning Jenny or the Power loom helped create jobs for men and women. Women workers had contributed to textile mills during the Industrial Revolution but factories took advantage of the young girls or women who couldn't read looking for jobs. Throughout the Industrial Revolution, female workers
The Industrial Revolution that began in Europe changed society in many ways. Some of these changes were positive while others were negative. These positive and negative effects affect things such as the living people’s living conditions. Living conditions like the safety of the workers are negative but others like more jobs being available are positive.
In the 1760s though the 1820’s Britain started to use machines to produce goods instead of doing it by hand mostly, due to the fact that the items were easier to maker, therefore making them cheaper, and improving life. This also spawned, much later though, the digital revolution, which involved using technology, not machinery. The Industrial Revolution transformed the European society by, making busier cities, increasing the population, and polluting the continent.
The pre-civil war era included the industrial revolution, the transportation revolution, and the market revolution. The industrial revolution involved a change in the methods of production and manufacturing. The transportation revolution had changes in the way people or things move from one place to another. the market revolution caused a change in the way we give and receive resources. The factors that promoted the pre-civil war industrial revolution in the US were technology like the canal which impacted the entire American economy by expanding the market, internal improvements are improvements in transportation and communication networks which make migration and importing easier, government funded the internal improvements, capital is the money that the government uses to fund the internal improvements, and population because more people equals more consumers which leads to more demand and theres also more workers which means more labor equaling more supply.
The Industrial Revolution swept across the world in the mid-nineteenth century. Completely changing the face of countries’ economies as well as the social conditions towards working. Urban cities began to rise in popularity because people were forced to come out of the foothills and work in factories instead of in the previous agriculturally driven economy. Thus, modernizing these countries with new technologies and techniques to make work more efficient and mass produced. However, the Industrial Revolution affected the predominantly Western societies such as the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands. Japan did not experience this great technological revolution because the Japanese were in a period of isolationism where their ports were closed off to the Western world except for the Dutch. Therefore, they were not
In the 1800’s in England, things were changing due to the Industrial Revolution. Before the Industrial Revolution, everyone was making everything in their homes. Everyone had to make and grow their own food and necessities with their own labor so it was slow. During the Industrial Revolution, new machines were being created. This increased the speed at which farming was done. Factories were also being built. The factories and new machines helped with mass production. People also lost jobs on the farms which meant many people were moving to the cities, which caused the cities to grow and become overpopulated. One reason why the Industrial Revolution was a negative occurrence in the world was the living conditions. The cities were overpopulated becoming polluted very easily. Another reason why the Industrial Revolution was a negative occurrence was the working conditions the workers had. The last negative occurrence was the people's health especially the people who worked in the factories. The Industrial
The Industrial revolution was a turnign point on history that altered the ways mankind worked forever. Many countries were affected by the industrial revolution, but England and Japan were two that had a great impact on the world. In England the Industrial Revolution started around 1800s. While in Japan, the Industrial Revolution started around the 1900s. Women inboth places were put through long hours with very little breaks. The smoke the factories put off was very thick and was very bad for the health of the workers. If not for the men, woman, and children working in mills everything would be different today all over the world. Their were many differences between the workers in England and the workers in Japan. The differences can be categorized into four groups: working conditions, gender/age, wage/salary, and background. When looking at the differences you can also see some resemblances between the two places.
The Agricultural Revolution was a time period in which farmers begin to use efficient ways to plant things. This event led to fewer people being needed on farms since the machines used for farming only need a few workers. Because farming took fewer workers, the population of Europe increased. Workers were able to have a life outside of the harsh labor of farming. The Agricultural Revolution helped paved the way for the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The industrial revolution was a time period in the 18th century in which the British experienced changes in technology and an increase in power. These technological changes made possible a great increase in the use of natural resources and the mass production of manufactured goods. Although the industrial revolution seemed like a helpful event to the people of Europe, it caused more damaging effects than it did good.
The Industrial Revolution began in England during the 18th Century. This revolution started out in England, and spread throughout Europe and North America. Many technologic and agricultural advances were made during this time. Factories became the main source of production, rather than in home workers. This resulted in many people living in rural areas to move into industrialized cities, which was called rural to urban migration. The Industrial Revolution started in England due to its supply of natural resources, advanced technology and inventions, and political freedom.
Due to the Industrial Revolution, many changes started occurring in this new era such as the factories began to use more mechanics, limiting skill needed to produce products as well as hastening the harvesting of raw materials. Secondarily there was a huge standard of living and wage drop in cities due to urbanization which occurred after the factories created an abundance of jobs. Also, there was a huge shift in the population and there was a massive population growth due to the excess food and productivity being made during this time.