Industrial Revolution on European Society (1700s-1800s) The Industrial Revolution took place through the 1700s-1900s. It is known as the shift from man made goods to machine made goods. It began in England in the middle 1700s, and by the 1800s industrialization spread to continental Europe and the United States. The Revolution started in England due to their increased population thanks to their farming techniques and greater food supply. They also had a bunch of natural resources used during the Revolution including, water, coal, iron ore, and waterways. This was also due to their political stability, highly developed banking system, and their money supply. The Industrial Revolution had a negative effect on European society during the 1700s-1800s
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The average worker, both young and old, would work a 14 hour day, 6 days a week, with very little pay, especially women and children. The work was not only all the time, but it was also backbreaking and very harsh on people of all ages, commonly women and children. Pamela E. Mack had found that, “an 1835 factory report found 43% of the workers were under 18”, ”another study estimates that in 1833 10-20% of workers in textile factories were children under the age of 13.” (Mack Lines 39-40-Bullet Points). Even with all these people working there were still many threats towards them. The machines that were invented to make cotton production faster, Cotton Gins and others, were very dangerous and many workers lost their fingers, hands, arms, and even their lives. The Asia-Pacific Economics blog had stated, “Working from other factories is exhausting. It causes long working hours, it has bad working conditions, and there are times that it causes illness and death. There are cases that factory workers got caught by uncovered machinery resulting to injury or death. The dust and fumes from chemical factories can also harm a person’s health.” (Asia-Pacific Economics Blog-Cons #1). Not only was the work hard, but workers also had to work in dirty, polluted environments that created disease, cancer, and other illnesses. Even though the workers were revolutionizing modern day things, they
The average worker, both young and old, would work a 14 hour day, 6 days a week, with very little pay, especially women and children. The work was not only all the time, but it was also backbreaking and very harsh on people of all ages, commonly women and children. Pamela E. Mack had found that, “an 1835 factory report found 43% of the workers were under 18”, ”another study estimates that in 1833 10-20% of workers in textile factories were children under the age of 13.” (Mack Lines 39-40-Bullet Points). Even with all these people working there were still many threats towards them. The machines that were invented to make cotton production faster, Cotton Gins and others, were very dangerous and many workers lost their fingers, hands, arms, and even their lives. The Asia-Pacific Economics blog had stated, “Working from other factories is exhausting. It causes long working hours, it has bad working conditions, and there are times that it causes illness and death. There are cases that factory workers got caught by uncovered machinery resulting to injury or death. The dust and fumes from chemical factories can also harm a person’s health.” (Asia-Pacific Economics Blog-Cons #1). Not only was the work hard, but workers also had to work in dirty, polluted environments that created disease, cancer, and other illnesses. Even though the workers were revolutionizing modern day things, they