Positives and Negatives of Industrial Revolution Essay

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    Yorkshire Cloth Workers “(1786) and "proclamation of the Leeds Cloth Merchants" (1791), documents the first huge social change brought on by the English Industrial Revolution. The Petition of Yorkshire Cloth Workers in 1786, was written as a letter composed by the factory laborers toward the factory owners. This appeal points of interest include the negative parts of the new industrialization and move from hand-woven textiles to machine delivered textiles. The factory workers complained of such…

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    There were many negative and positives about industrialization. Some may argue that there were more positive effects on industrialization, and others may stress over the negatives. No one person has enough information to come to a conclusion that the Industrial Revolution had a positive or negative effect on society. Industrialization was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to somewhere between 1820 and 1840 Industrialization is a very important point in…

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    The Industrial Revolution created a faster mode of transportation, the Steam Engine. The steam engine positively affected the people in the Industrial Revolution and so did the factories built. The Industrial Revolution, itself, had helped create many new inventions that made farming, writing, and traveling more easier for the people of the revolution. Although many children and factory workers faced many problems, it eventually led to the Factory Acts and the School Sites Acts, some of the…

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    According to Stephen Gardiner , "The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization." This refers to how in a whole the Industrialization was a good thing. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of pollution and child labor, it was actually a positive thing for society. Industrialization's positive effects were child labor laws, new inventions and especially the concept of mass…

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    the Industrial The Industrial Revolution had a great impact on the world in both positive ways, and negative ways. The negative impacts left on the world, from the Industrial Revolution, outweighed the positive and damaged our environment, animal production, and technology. The environment changed over the course of the Industrial revolution. The world saw a huge increase of population which led to the consumption of natural resources. Also the industrial revolution had…

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    The Industrial Revolution steered humans into doing what was thought to be impossible. By the 1800s, the creation of energy resources, goods, and jobs skyrocketed worldwide. From Britain, to Germany, France, Belgium, and the United States, citizens began to urbanize their cities into more stabilized and sanitary communities. In result of creating a more salubrious environment, people throughout many countries began to live longer. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily…

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    The Industrial Revolution did not have many beneficial health influences. In the means of health affected by the Industrial Revolution the negatives outway the positives. In document 4, Excerpt from the testimony of Joseph Hebergam to the Sadler Committee, is about a man who tells his story of working in a dangerous job in a factory. His health was impacted vigorously for the worse of things. From being overworked day after day his lungs were damaged so badly he was told he would die within a…

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    Q.7 Should historians dwell more on the negative social consequences of the Industrial Revolution or its positive economic benefits? Historians should dwell more on the negative social consequences of the Industrial Revolution rather than its positive economic benefits. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Industrial Revolution is: “The rapid development of industry in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It was characterized by the use of…

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    overpowering bell signifies the restless men to return home. These same sounds are the very ones that would reflect the upcoming years for many countries during the early 1900’s during the Industrial Revolution. However, the Russian Industrial Revolution was one of the most impactful and controversial industrial transformation to this day. As World War I came to a conclusion, many nations were left in the Great Depression, where many European countries’ economies fell to ruins. In addition of to…

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    The Industrial Revolution did have it 's upside, such as technological advancement and more wealth for the Englishmen. It was important for the development of Europe and America. Our present day society might have not been the same. But, when it comes to how the Industrial Revolution causing impacts to the people, the negative impacts outweigh the positive impacts. I firmly believe that the Industrial Revolution has brought more negative impacts to people because the working conditions were…

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