The industrial revolution is the birthplace of appliances and machines taking over the world. Started in 18th to 19th century, the industrial revolution has created a paradox of problems. Rapid industrialization has caused an abundant amount of jobs, but women seemed to be paid less due to their position in society. Children have been brutally treated from the workplace as they were forced to work 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. As society is pushing down women and children, people seemed to noticed and stood up for what they believed in. In 1838, the Chartist Movement demanded a petition called The People’s Charter, which wanted to end the suffering of the countrymen, and the Factory Act 1833 has ended child labor..As for family structure, many movements were formed such as The Married Woman’s Property Act (1870 & 1882) which led for married women to be independent without rule of a man.
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The key part that makes the Industrial Revolution industrial is the rapid amount of goods that were distributed. As a result, the average worker including children, worked about 14 hours a day seven days a week.The coal mines had the most dangerous conditions of all. Written in James Pearce’s Testimony, found in Child Labor In The Mines 1842 was one of many abominable experiences in the coal mines; “I once fell asleep and was well threshed by a driver. The horse was fast. It was down-hill and the horse could not draw back. He laid well into me; I cried out,but nobody would come help me. I did not tell my father. I never thought anything about it afterwards.” Working in coal mines also lead to constant breathing of coal dust, which shorten the lifespan to ten years than any other the workers in different working
The key part that makes the Industrial Revolution industrial is the rapid amount of goods that were distributed. As a result, the average worker including children, worked about 14 hours a day seven days a week.The coal mines had the most dangerous conditions of all. Written in James Pearce’s Testimony, found in Child Labor In The Mines 1842 was one of many abominable experiences in the coal mines; “I once fell asleep and was well threshed by a driver. The horse was fast. It was down-hill and the horse could not draw back. He laid well into me; I cried out,but nobody would come help me. I did not tell my father. I never thought anything about it afterwards.” Working in coal mines also lead to constant breathing of coal dust, which shorten the lifespan to ten years than any other the workers in different working