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    The nineteenth century saw the rise and spread of the Industrial Revolution throughout Europe. As we learned in class lecture, there were a number of factors contributed to Britain’s role as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. For one, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which proved essential for industrialization. Additionally, Britain was a politically stable society, as well as the world’s leading colonial power, which meant its colonies could serve as a source for raw materials

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    The Industrial Revolution in Europe

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    The Industrial Revolution in Europe changed Europe to this day. This began in the United Kingdom in the 1700s and expanded to Western Europe in the 1800s. During the Industrial Revolution, this provided new technology, a surplus of food, trading and different ways of producing goods for countries. The women and children in Europe had to work hard and work in the mills. They did this to give enough money for their family to live on. Politics also changed during the Industrial Revolution. Thus, the

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    transportation, combined with the growing demand of manufactured goods, inspired the nation to make a change and invent machinery which no one had ever dreamed of before. Thus, the Industrial Revolution Era began and paved the way for the future of America. There were quite a few events which led to the Industrial Revolution. During the Napoleonic Wars, Thomas Jefferson passed the Embargo Act of 1807, which cut off trade with all foreign countries at the time. His decision was based off the fact that

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    The Industrial Revolution. The industrial revolution took place in the late 18th century, and the most changes were in the fields of agriculture, transportation and the country’s economic growth. It then spends widely throughout Europe, North America and the rest of the world. First of all, the industrial revolution was an enormous time in the history. The employment was on a rise and reached a peak. It also lead the rural-urban migration by the people in search of good jobs, better standard of

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    Towards the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution began. History defines the Industrial Revolution in the article “Industrial Revolution” as “a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.” Prior to the revolution, during the agrarian and rural society period, people typically lived in small communities working to simply sustain themselves. Life for these people was difficult

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    The working class during the Industrial Revolution made up 80 percent of society, the other 20 was composed of wealthy business owners. People in the 1800’s migrated from shops in their home to work in dangerous and life threatening factories. While many say this was a positive period, it came with negative consequences. The Industrial Revolution was more negative than positive because working conditions were very unsafe, workers worked extremely long hours, and employees worked for cheap wages.

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    The Industrial Revolution In early American history, one of the most important events that shaped the country was the Industrial Revolution. Overall, this period of technological growth in the early to mid-1800’s modernized the country and served as a bridge between the colonies and the new formation of the United States that exists today. It strengthened internal ties joining the states and increased it’s standing as a new nation. At the same time, this revolution also further divided the North

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    CE, a Scientific Revolution sparked a new way of thinking which inspired inventors and changed how people behaved. People will go from producing goods with their hands to producing goods by machines. The shift and behavior of people caused an economic revolution, which we call today the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution that occurred in Great Britain happened in two phases. The First Industrial Revolution occurred from 1840-1870, while the Second Industrial Revolution occurred from 1840-1914

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    The industrial revolution is a period during which big changes happened in Europe and America. The industrial revolution happened from the year 1750 – 1900. The industrial revolution caused very rural and farming communities to become industrialized. Factories and manufacturing started using machines to replace the work of people. Before the Industrial Revolution, which started in Britain in the 1700, manufacturing mostly happened in people’s homes. Before the industrial revolution people used hand

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    Effects of the Industrial Revolution Britain The Industrial revolution began in the mid-1700 's in parts of Eastern England and Southern Scotland and probably would not have taken place without the dramatic enhancements in farming that began in the early 1700 's. The agricultural revolution started well before the Industrial Revolution but once mechanisation began the two revolutions became interlinked and worked hand in hand. As the historian, J.H. Clapham quantified, “even if the history of the

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