Giuseppe Mussumeci
10/20/15
HIS 102
Prof. Hannigan
The “petition of Yorkshire Cloth Workers “(1786) and "proclamation of the Leeds Cloth Merchants" (1791), documents the first huge social change brought on by the English Industrial Revolution. The Petition of Yorkshire Cloth Workers in 1786, was written as a letter composed by the factory laborers toward the factory owners. This appeal points of interest include the negative parts of the new industrialization and move from hand-woven textiles to machine delivered textiles. The factory workers complained of such issues as, loss of jobs, increase the length of the workday and strict supervision from managers. Be that as it may, five years after the fact, the Proclamation of the Leeds Cloth Merchants in 1791, was composed by the fabric traders applauding the Industrial Revolution. The letter states many positives, for example, the Industrial revolution and the move to machinery has put England at the extremely top …show more content…
The gifted laborers would turn yarn from fleece or cotton and after that wove it into small bits of fabric but, when the Industrial Revolution grabbed hold the new mechanically advanced machines could do the work of dozens of workers. With the introduction of these machines, the general population where compelled to work for the factories which housed these huge machines. These qualified laborers regularly alongside their children were forced to work for the factory workers who know paid the workers not based on the amount of work but rather the hours they spent in the factory. So keeping in mind the end goal to make a humble pay for their families, many were compelled to work for as much as twelve hours non-stop. As more machines were incorporated into the clothing industry the less amount of workers the factory owners needed
10/20/15
HIS 102
Prof. Hannigan
The “petition of Yorkshire Cloth Workers “(1786) and "proclamation of the Leeds Cloth Merchants" (1791), documents the first huge social change brought on by the English Industrial Revolution. The Petition of Yorkshire Cloth Workers in 1786, was written as a letter composed by the factory laborers toward the factory owners. This appeal points of interest include the negative parts of the new industrialization and move from hand-woven textiles to machine delivered textiles. The factory workers complained of such issues as, loss of jobs, increase the length of the workday and strict supervision from managers. Be that as it may, five years after the fact, the Proclamation of the Leeds Cloth Merchants in 1791, was composed by the fabric traders applauding the Industrial Revolution. The letter states many positives, for example, the Industrial revolution and the move to machinery has put England at the extremely top …show more content…
The gifted laborers would turn yarn from fleece or cotton and after that wove it into small bits of fabric but, when the Industrial Revolution grabbed hold the new mechanically advanced machines could do the work of dozens of workers. With the introduction of these machines, the general population where compelled to work for the factories which housed these huge machines. These qualified laborers regularly alongside their children were forced to work for the factory workers who know paid the workers not based on the amount of work but rather the hours they spent in the factory. So keeping in mind the end goal to make a humble pay for their families, many were compelled to work for as much as twelve hours non-stop. As more machines were incorporated into the clothing industry the less amount of workers the factory owners needed