The Industrial Revolution In The 1800's

The way in which we live, how we work, what we wear, the variety of the foods we eat, and how we travel from place to place can all be attributed to the Industrial Revolution. This time period, which occurred during the 1700’s to 1800’s, was a “Game Changer.” (Modern World History, n.d.). This movement took Great Britain from a primarily agrarian society to an urban society. The movement spread quickly especially in places like the New World (America). America would reap the benefits of the new industrial age. However, the inventions of that era would also have an impact on the environment that would resonate for decades. Three of those inventions are the steam engine, oil pipelines, and railroads.
In 1698, Thomas Savery developed the first …show more content…
The dawn of the industrial revolution has stripped the planet of many of its natural resources.
According to an article in Population Matters, the human population numbers are projected to rise from seven billion in 2010 to between eight and eleven billion by 2050. It is unlikely that an equivalent increase in food production can be repeated without the use of significantly more energy water and fertilizer (Natural Resources, n.d.). With that being said, there are simply things people can do to improve the environment situation. For example, investing in green energy, buy organic products, and recycle. By doing these small things we can slowly improve the environmental situation. This paper has identified three of the most environmentally negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution, which were the steam engine, pipelines, and railroads. The paper discussed how these impacts changed the environment and explained the effect of the environment movement on the process of industrialization in the United States during the 1970s (Argosy