The Role Of Industrialization In The 1800's

During the 1800’s Industrialization began its transition to creating new ways of manufacturing goods. Industrialization caused factories to open which made many jobs available to the public. Children were forced to work in these factories due to poverty in their families, although the jobs were very dangerous. During this time, many children took place in the work force and it seemed normal, but during this current time period it seems inhumane. Instead of getting a proper education, children worked in the factories created during industrialization. For economic growth to expand, improvement in transportation was drastically needed. Transportation was mainly done through canals and by land during the 1700’s, which was not efficient enough for the growth of industrialization. Horse wagons, small boats, and traveling by foot was soon not sufficient and did not do the work that was needed to be done. The first main way of transportation created was the steam engine boat in the mid 1700’s. Although the boat helped transport goods over sea, it did not transport goods over land. Many things that needed to be transported had to be moved directly over land because it would make it easier to transport goods to deep areas of the country (Bellis.) During the early 1800’s, …show more content…
In 1769 a man named Richard Arkwright patented his spinning frame, which is a cotton mill powered by water. After patenting the spinning frame, had had opened the first factory of Britain. This factory had employed 300 people in the very beginning, opposed to the two or three workers it took in a domestic work system. By 1789 the company had employed 800 people. This meant the opening of factories would make jobs for the poor and boost the economy. There was enough room for jobs in the factories that children started to take place as workers if their parents allowed them to