The Industrial Revolution was a time when a lot of inventions were made. It impacted many people’s lives in many ways, it made people’s lives easier because it changed how they worked, how they lived and how they moved. But it also had a negative impact on the people because a lot of workers lost their job because of machines, a lot of children had to put up with child labour, slavery increased. Some of the main factors that impacted Britain during the Industrial Revolution are technology, trade and work.
Technology was one of the areas that was impacted by the Industrial Revolution the most. Technology changed in a big way, like from weaving to loom, from cart horses to automobiles and trains, from bad roads to canals, then to railways good roads. …show more content…
But there is a cold side to this. The needed workers were slaves. Between 1500 and 1800, more than 12 million people were sold as slaves from Africa and historians estimate that about twenty percent of slaves that were sold into slavery died on the ships. African Leaders traded people that they captured during a tribal warfare and also people who broke their laws.
“…the captains go ashore… to examine the negroes… and to make their purchases.”
The British also brought slaves from a group of people called the ‘Black Traders.’ The Black Traders sometimes even kidnapped Africans to sell them as slaves.
“I was likewise told by a negroe woman, that… she was kidnapped...”
Technology, trade and work are some of the aspects that affected Britain throughout the Industrial Revolution. Technologies improved and it made people’s lives easier. Trades happened and Britain got more resources and more powerful across the world. People got more jobs because work changed. But there were bad effects as well, like slavery and child labour starting. And machines making people lose their
Technology was one of the areas that was impacted by the Industrial Revolution the most. Technology changed in a big way, like from weaving to loom, from cart horses to automobiles and trains, from bad roads to canals, then to railways good roads. …show more content…
But there is a cold side to this. The needed workers were slaves. Between 1500 and 1800, more than 12 million people were sold as slaves from Africa and historians estimate that about twenty percent of slaves that were sold into slavery died on the ships. African Leaders traded people that they captured during a tribal warfare and also people who broke their laws.
“…the captains go ashore… to examine the negroes… and to make their purchases.”
The British also brought slaves from a group of people called the ‘Black Traders.’ The Black Traders sometimes even kidnapped Africans to sell them as slaves.
“I was likewise told by a negroe woman, that… she was kidnapped...”
Technology, trade and work are some of the aspects that affected Britain throughout the Industrial Revolution. Technologies improved and it made people’s lives easier. Trades happened and Britain got more resources and more powerful across the world. People got more jobs because work changed. But there were bad effects as well, like slavery and child labour starting. And machines making people lose their