The Industrial Revolution as a Time of Great Progress
I believe that the Industrial Revolution affected everyone in
different ways. I think that the majority of the already richer people
did well out of the Industrial Revolution because they could afford to
build up businesses and continue to build on already existing ones.
They were made a lot more successful because of factories, transport
and the poor's life style.
The factories improved the businesses because they could make so much
more produce and therefore much more profit. However the factories put
the skilled workers out of their jobs as the big batches of produce
where in a much higher quantity and in much less time, therefore they
were cheaper which meant more people could buy them, and it was
fashionable to have the “in” pottery, for example, so everybody wanted
it and it advertised the factories produce. New machines were being
developed all the time, like the Spinning Jenny and the water frame
and were helping to boost companies demand for their products. Before
the 19th century, the main industry was farming and all the work was
done by hand in small industries. But after 1750 machinery was
increasing greatly and forced the poorer people to work in factories
or not at all, seeing as there was no longer many other jobs and they
weren’t paid much, or even just in tokens, which could only spent in
the owner’s workshop and were useless outside. Now the main industry
was cotton and all the work was done using machines in large
workshops.
The factories were making so much extra produce that they could no
longer transport it in the old horse and cart via roads. The r...
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...dren had to work but still
they had not enough money to get themselves out of the situation.
There were barely any laws preventing these conditions and people
caught illnesses and died without any investigation. One of the main
diseases was Cholera. It was spread in dirty drinking water, but at
the time they didn’t know that. The Government did actually attempt to
help, but they failed and pretty much gave up as it was costing them
too much money.
Ultimately I think the Industrial Revolution was a good thing for
Britain but not for the individuals in it. Britain would not have had
its Empire or be as powerful country as it was without it as we would
still be behind in the times, personally I think it was a good thing
overall but it could have been dealt with a bit better and made it
less hard on the poor people.
the rights and freedom of its people, but there are also
to uphold its image of being the 'land of the free' and was not able
was already hard to find and the sudden multitude of workers caused wages to be
To begin with their jobs were not only the sort of jobs that we would
...urned out to be helpful toward the workers then, and they continues to do so today.
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it's certain characteristics that set us apart from other countries. The fact we are self-reliant, and
Another idea that came about in the Industrial Revolution was that of a Middle Class. Previously, there were only two classes. The rich, which included nobility and business owners. The second class was the peasants. This was almost everyone not included in the first class. With the creation of factories, a new class was made. This new middle class consisted of people who worked in places such as factories. People belonging to this calss did not fall into either of the two previous classes. 14
The Industrial Revolution was a huge event that changed the life of everyone in many different aspects, it was a time of growth and evolution. Even though at that time the conditions were terrible the benefits came long term, the developments and inventions such as transportation and machines were amazing and made life so much easier. It is true that this caused a lot of suffering to many people and I think this is really bad because they could have made the same thing without all that suffering and in better conditions so we have to thank all those people for what we have now. In my opinion it changed the way of history and without it we wouldn´t have many things that we have now, the revolution was the base for many inventions that we already
Thesis Statement: The Industrial Revolution ensured that the production of goods moved from home crafts and settled in factory production by machine use, mass inflow of immigrants from all over the world escaping religious and political persecution took place and the government contributed by giving grants to entrepreneurs.
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