The Pros And Cons Of The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700’s. The Industrial Revolution was a time of new inventions, products, and methods of work. The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. These results have been assessed from many viewpoints such as the factory workers, the factory owners, the government, and other people who observed the conditions in industrial cities.

In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s the United States was in a transformation from the Jeffersonian vision of an agricultural nation, into Alexander Hamilton’s vision of an industrial America. The book Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper gives a good idea of what America was like during the Early Republic period. The industrial life would turn America into a country that is dependent on the work of manufactories.

The factory system in the United States began to grow before the American Revolution with shops that made wares to order (Clark 14). In the mid seventeen hundreds, farmers and plantation owners would give raw materials like cotton or wool to other families to turn into things like thread and yarn for a share of the profits. This was called the “domestic system” (Sands 4). With this, private capitalism, or the idea that you get to keep what you earn, developed and reinforced the want of cheap labor.

During the late 1800's, America grew to become one of the nation’s leading industrial nations. The first industrial revolution had changed its pace from working on factories to the advanced transportation in the west

The industrialization of America affected all workers in both positive and negative ways. One of the pros to the industrialization was the freedom that skilled workers gained. These skilled workers often "commanded high wages and exercised considerable control over the production process" (Foner, 2013, p. 600). The skilled workers were granted what was known as "the miner's freedom," which consisted of rules that left the skilled workers free of supervision (Foner, 2013, p. 600). This allowed the workers to fix output quotas and control the training of apprentices; however, this group of skilled workers was very small in comparison to the rest of the working class. The rest of the workers, the semi-skilled workers, did not have an easy life.

The industrial revolution was without a doubt one of humanities greatest achievements, with the rise of machine labor humans could now produce far greater quantities of goods in less time than ever before, however, industrialization also had countless adverse effects on the lives of many working-class citizens which are often never discussed. Therefore, the goal of this essay will be to shed some light on the negative effect of industrialization, and examine labor reform movements that came to be as a result of the inhumane treatment that most workers experienced at this time.

The Industrial Revolution is considered the most significant breakthrough in the humankind history in between 1780 and 1850. It began in Britain and spread out to all world including both rural and urban areas. After Industrial Revolution, the world changed significantly. From Western Europe to America concept of agriculture lost its importance on the society, and modern industry took the place of agriculture. Additionally, Industrial Revolution has altered manufacturing which had generally done with hand tools or using basic machines.

The United States was predominantly an agricultural nation in the 1800s. The early stages of the American Industrial Revolution started in the

The Industrial Revolution has impacted our current world greatly. The innovative inventions and advancements that have been made has helped modernize every continent around the world. The steam engine, factories, cotton gin, and other technology were created in the Industrial Revolution. This time period was very important to the history and evolution of the world and technology but still some would say that although many great inventions occurred in the revolution, it overall was detrimental to society. But even though there were some downsides-just as any major event in history would- in my opinion, the pros definitely outway the cons.

Bill Gates once said, “If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.” The Industrial Revolution was a period in the 18th century led by Great Britain that had a major influence in agriculture, scientific studies, manufacturing, and transportation. As said by Bill Gates, even though the Industrial Revolution benefited many parties it also had negative effects on a substantial amount of people.

Advancements in technology is happening rapidly around us at every second of everyday. Just think about it: upgraded versions of the iPhone every year, a self-driving car in the works, releases of T.V. screens with picturesque resolutions, and drones that self-stabilize themselves while midair. Alongside these advancements are the increase in robotics and “robot workers,” thanks to the development of artificial intelligence, or AI. As we further this advancement into a new technological revolution of the 21st century, many fear that its cons may outweigh the pros, and lead to the inevitable “technological unemployment” due to robot workers. On the contrary, as robots take over routine jobs, this creates much safer careers in technology,

Just as it was in the 18th and 19th centuries when the industrial revolution began, today people fear that technology is destroying jobs. Prior to the industrial revolution manufacturing was often done in peoples homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered special purpose machinery, factories and mass production. Yet at this time people feared for their jobs because the machinery resulted in often-grim employment opportunities many people argue that the setting up of factories created jobs and while they did however, they tremendously cut down the availability of jobs for skilled artisans, not to mention the job conditions in the factories were unsafe, dismal, with very long hours for low wages. An example of this was in the textile industry before the mechanization and factories people would make items in their own schedules. However, in the 1700’s a series of innovations led to more productivity but requiring less human energy. Two examples of that resulted in increased innovations.

The industrial revolution was a period of time from the 18th to the end 19th century, which urbanized the rural societies, mainly in Europe. It developed many industries, led to many factories, countless factories, great inventions and technology etc. The technology and inventions along with the textile industry in development was crucial. It improved systems transportation and communication. In overall, it was a time when every product became more efficient and is a big leap to our society now, compared to the renaissance☺1. However, there were also negatives to it, since it was the start of pollution and the destruction of nature. Disregarding positives and negatives, it is a big part of history. All of this started in England for several

According to the primary source documents, how did the Industrial Revolution impact economic and social life in 19th century Europe? Do you think the Industrial Revolution provided more advantages and/or disadvantages for Europeans (male and female)? Why or why not?

Having new opportunities in life is exciting, but when those opportunities become the obstacle to pursue happiness, life may lose its meaning. Something similar happened during the industrial revolution, which society changes. However, the church was present to advocate for those whose happiness was taken away.