At every new civilisation level, great transformation occurs and the world and society are given new looks. Industrial Revolution has developed and have greatly impacted to everyone living on earth. Technologies and new concepts are introduced to promote a more modern society, which created convenience for the people but as well as some negative impacts like overpopulation. With these continuous changes, humans are walking nearer and nearer to the modern and mechanised world. ORIGIN OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Industrial Revolution is the development of the industry whereby large amounts of modern technologies like steam power, machineries, factories and manufacturing goods are introduced and grown. It began in …show more content…
They used sturdier farm implements fashioned from metal instead of wood which were mostly used back in the days. It gradually increased the production of food, leading to the surplus of food and population …show more content…
With the advancements in technologies, the products would have lower prices as it took a shorter time for production, which attracted more consumers to purchase it and leading to the increase in economic growth. Along with growing consumers, the supply of goods would have to increase as well to support it and the transportation has to be revolutionised to move the goods to places more effectively. Industrialisation had benefited large amount of people. It created plenty of jobs for the people, wages rose, labour unions won the right to bargain.
Yet, in spite of the many positive effects, there were still negative effects existing. With the urbanisation of people moving from rural to urban areas, the cities would be crowded creating problems like overpopulation and increasing the competiveness between people. They had to also bear the harsh conditions in factories and mines, and they had to struggle for survival in slums. As more and more adults hired, they ran out of adults, child labour was introduced to do some minor work like cleaning the machines which often caused the children to die or having severe injuries. Pollution arose as well, as there were increasingly great amount of carbon and harmful chemicals released by the factories, affecting the health of the
Industrial Revolution is the development of the industry whereby large amounts of modern technologies like steam power, machineries, factories and manufacturing goods are introduced and grown. It began in …show more content…
They used sturdier farm implements fashioned from metal instead of wood which were mostly used back in the days. It gradually increased the production of food, leading to the surplus of food and population …show more content…
With the advancements in technologies, the products would have lower prices as it took a shorter time for production, which attracted more consumers to purchase it and leading to the increase in economic growth. Along with growing consumers, the supply of goods would have to increase as well to support it and the transportation has to be revolutionised to move the goods to places more effectively. Industrialisation had benefited large amount of people. It created plenty of jobs for the people, wages rose, labour unions won the right to bargain.
Yet, in spite of the many positive effects, there were still negative effects existing. With the urbanisation of people moving from rural to urban areas, the cities would be crowded creating problems like overpopulation and increasing the competiveness between people. They had to also bear the harsh conditions in factories and mines, and they had to struggle for survival in slums. As more and more adults hired, they ran out of adults, child labour was introduced to do some minor work like cleaning the machines which often caused the children to die or having severe injuries. Pollution arose as well, as there were increasingly great amount of carbon and harmful chemicals released by the factories, affecting the health of the