Social Changes During The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began in the eighteenth century marking the transformation of economic power and productivity. Not only was there concentration on agriculture, as their main source of an economy, and started to concern themselves with commerce, trade, and exploration of new technologies. Working toward great financial success to make a profit. Even though the machinery was new the main power source was human labor. Production took place in homes and small workshops. The primary labor force was drawn specifically to the young, as the industrial revolution began in semi-normal locations. The effects of the Industrial revolution were harsh on children, and it made people feel like all they

During the time frame of the Industrial Revolution there were 3 main social classes: The upper class, the middle class, and the lower class or the working class.

At the time living conditions during the Industrial Revolution were poor. In Manchester the houses are overcrowded (Document 2). Most people lacked beds, food, clothing and more (Document 7). Most people spent 12-14 hours in a factory working with little to none breaks, enclosed rooms that are polluted, and not good pay. (Document 7). This

Before the Industrial Revolution the poor rural population had few ways of earning a living except the unreliable income the got from farming. New textile machines were the first to put people

The Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain and America around the late 1700’s to 1900. This revolution improved the production of goods using new mechanisms and machines. Human labor was in high demand in order for the highest production rates. Factories employed low to middle-class people that were as young as three years old (Document 9). These workers were benefited with money, shelter, and clothes, but the working and living conditions were not satisfying. The average industrial worker experienced a variety of factors that can be classified as good or bad, including the positive effects of labor, like the shelter, money, and food they were given; and the negative effects of the factory,

In the late 18th century when the Industrial Revolution started to spread from England to other countries such as France, Spain and Germany and even in the U.S, the changes that its dynamic brought to the society were drastic and radically different of what people were used to until then. The work hours become longer; young children and their parents were working most of the time; new factories opened up and old villages now were the main workforce source to keep the production level up to the demand and supply requests. Villages started turning into urban centers, crowded by large number of people; poor people that

The Industrial Revolution had many long-lasting effects on the English economy and society in the 1800s; the effects being both positive and negative. England’s industrialization resulted in urbanization, improved production, and better transportation, but also in poor living and working conditions for the working class, including many children. Industrialization in England made production of goods much more convenient, creating a greater demand for unskilled labor and a rapidly growing population. The population increase meant that more food was needed in order to feed everyone. In Document 5, Michael Mandelbaum explains that some rural labor was made “redundant,” causing many people to move to urban cities where they could find work in the new factories.

England's previous success from the Agricultural Revolution gave leeway to the Industrial Revolution of the seventeenth and eighteenth hundreds. Previous landowners and investors of the Agricultural Revolution were able to start or participate Corporations and Businesses to seek great profit. New machinery and technological innovations were frequent due to the demand for faster, more efficient technology. Working class families, who were arguably the sole reason for the grand success of the Industrial Revolution, moved from their farms into crowded and dirty urban towns to work long hours in harsh factories for little pay in hopes of one day living a decent life, while the middle class gained many luxuries and lived lavish lifestyles

The Industrial Revolution resulted in changes to living and working conditions. Rather than the village lifestyle that supported families working in small groups to oversee local production, there was a shift in population from rural landscapes to vast cities. This resulted in work in factory settings. Fredreich Engels describes how this ‘caused the isolation of the individual’ in his book The Condition of the Working Class in England . The working class were especially sacrificed, being subject to overcrowding, and inappropriate conditions. Engels describes the unhygienic living and working conditions including ‘rough, dirty’ unpaved streets that lacked sewers and gutters. This contributed to the spread of disease. Factories were made for the machine, and the work was autonomous with workers being assigned one part of a production

Industrial change has exponentially increased over the past 300 years. However, the makings of industrial societies do not come without a substantial amount of social change. Revolutions of industry were prevalent in several countries between the 1700s to early 1900s including Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the United States of America. Spanning from Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, to Henry Ford’s Model T automobile, inventions involving industry have attributed to several aspects of social change. As a part of its worldwide impact, each Industrial Revolution led to an uncanning amount of social change that has attributed to modern society including workforce conditions, home life, family structure, education, social divisions and other socioeconomic

In order to measure the benefits of a revolution or of any new idea, one must consider both the impact on society and the impact on the people involved. I strongly believe that the rights and freedoms of citizens should under no circumstances be hindered by economic or scientific progress. The American people should be prioritized over anything else. Therefore, when this ideal is not upheld, society is negatively impacted. For example: during the industrial revolution, the quality of life for the working class suffered drastically due to changes in the nature of labor. As factories and mass production were popularized, the American economy boomed and industry grew in leaps and bounds. As a country, we flourished. But this progress came

Due to advancement in technology, the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain at 1750 ultimately spread to Europe and the rest of the world. The wealth, population, technology, education, and resources of Great Britain. Although industrialization expanded the population and increased income in Great Britain, the revolution additionally created accidents and dreadful working conditions. Although the Industrial Revolution seemed like a good thing, there was some bad things going on the get it where it was at.

The Industrial Revolution, from 1760 to 1848, introduced factory work and mass production to Britain, changing the world as we know it. But, it didn’t come without setbacks, such as child labour, unhealthy living conditions, and the terrible working conditions that they had to endure.

The roles available required long hours and supplied little pay. The poverty level became very excessive and each capable member of the family was required to work in order keep the family above deprivation. Families migrated from the rural farm areas to the newly industrialized, crowded towns on the lookout for work opportunities. in the course of this revolution, children became one of the groups that had been extensively affected due to the fact they were referred to as to workers within the factories. A family could no longer be capable of earning enough itself if the children weren 't employed. This caused the excessive rise of child labour in factories. Children worked long hours on their family’s farms when they were living in the rural areas but in the cities the children worked extensively hard for very long hours for larger companies

The Industrial Revolution had many negative affects on people. Many people worked from home before the Revolution. Raw materials were delivered to people's cottages and the weavers would process the wool in their homes. This was an advantage for the workers because they would make their own schedules and work at their own pace; however, for these same reasons, they were disadvantages for business owners. The Industrial Revolution made it possible to move the jobs from cottages to factories where they business owners can oversee the workers and account for their time. Some people considered the factory jobs a blessing while others considered it a hardship. The work day was long, conditions were unsanitary and food was sparse.