As Europeans colonized much of the world, their empires became more and more fueled by the Industrial Revolution. The developments of the Industrial Revolution that most impacted Imperialism was the Maxim Gun, Modern Manufacturing, and Child Labour. The industrial revolution began in the textile industry and during the course of history people have changed the manufacturing process dramatically. Instead of items being produced by hand, the owners of the facilities created ways to have machines produce the items ("Thomas net." ). Manufacturing changes in production.
By the 19th century, Europeans gun technology had improved dramatically, especially with the introduction of the maxim gun. Hiram Stevens invented the maxim gun when he was in Paris …show more content…
So during imperialism, the British wanted to colonize India because of its manufacturing and raw materials that they produce. This new industrial system was highly successful; resulting a tremendous increase in the number of goods that individual worker could produce (Connolly). For example, before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were primarily made of wool and were hand spun. But, with the invention of the spinning wheel and the loom, the cloth was produced quicker and eventually replaced wool in the textile field” ("Thomas net). Between 1770 and 1790 the production of cotton increased in Great Britain (textbook pg,286). By 1800, the manufacture of cotton cloth bag becomes the nation’s single most important industry. However, with materials now being produced quicker and cheaper the need for manufactured goods was greater than the supply. In order to meet the demand, many manufacturers hired children to work in their factories, It has been estimated that a million of children between the ages of five and seventeen worked as child laborers in the UK during the Industrial Revolution. Although children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history, child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution. In the early industrial revolution followed from the fact that children from the age of five had to work in dangerous factory conditions for low wages. Children were useful as laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories where adults couldn’t fit, children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most importantly, children could be paid less than adults.
By the 19th century, Europeans gun technology had improved dramatically, especially with the introduction of the maxim gun. Hiram Stevens invented the maxim gun when he was in Paris …show more content…
So during imperialism, the British wanted to colonize India because of its manufacturing and raw materials that they produce. This new industrial system was highly successful; resulting a tremendous increase in the number of goods that individual worker could produce (Connolly). For example, before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were primarily made of wool and were hand spun. But, with the invention of the spinning wheel and the loom, the cloth was produced quicker and eventually replaced wool in the textile field” ("Thomas net). Between 1770 and 1790 the production of cotton increased in Great Britain (textbook pg,286). By 1800, the manufacture of cotton cloth bag becomes the nation’s single most important industry. However, with materials now being produced quicker and cheaper the need for manufactured goods was greater than the supply. In order to meet the demand, many manufacturers hired children to work in their factories, It has been estimated that a million of children between the ages of five and seventeen worked as child laborers in the UK during the Industrial Revolution. Although children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history, child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution. In the early industrial revolution followed from the fact that children from the age of five had to work in dangerous factory conditions for low wages. Children were useful as laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories where adults couldn’t fit, children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most importantly, children could be paid less than adults.