Enlightenment Ideas, The Industrial Revolution, And Imperialism

The world would be nothing without Enlightenment ideas, the Industrial Revolution, and Imperialism. What they all have in common is that they all transformed the world and made it what it is today economically, socially, and intellectually.

The enlightenment idea gave us freedom of independent learning and the ability to express and expand our thoughts. Without the enlightenment being born, the world would not have progressed the way it has. Many people not knowing that the power of knowledge was initiated by the enlightenment idea did not agree with it at first because they did not know how beneficial it would become to the world. Everything we have today such as new medicines, machines, and astronomy can all be referred back to a part of

Production and manufacturing was usually done in people’s homes with basic tools and most of it by hand. With the industrial revolution falling into place, the machines started to replace manual labor. This revolution was good for some by increasing the production of goods and improving standard living, but it was also dreadful for the working and poor classes who were put out of work. The new production of machines helped society to have goods made faster and better. The economic growth of the world is all thanks to industrial revolution. When these changes progressed, society moved along with them causing increases in population, trades, and man-made resources. With all that being said, it would seem as if the economy would be in no trouble and it could only get better. According to ecology.com, what people did not realize was that along with the era of production, also came the need for unlimited energy and resources that we took for granted. Fossil fuel changed the way people utilized energy by being the new source in high demand. When something is in high demand, the flow of the economy revolved around the shift of power and wealth. The increase in factory production and goods, also meant a decrease in the conditions of the industrial workers. They would hire unskilled workers and children, and this industrialization broke up many homes. The men earned money for their families, while the woman’s economic role became nonexistent. According to Envisioning World Civilizations, (Chapter 14.9 Women and Socialism), German feminist socialist Anna Maier explains how a factory manager refuses to give her a job until her mother begs and persuades him. She also explains the brutal treatment you received in these factories and how young women were abused and beaten, and how it led her to rebel and strive to make a change for women in the industrial