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    starting to rise in power by taking over the economy and doing very well, unlike the agricultural side of America. Having the factories in the north pushing out more demands for the people needs, producing all types of stuff like shoes, clothing, and goods. However, the southern part of the America is full of farm land and creating supplies for America, containing no factories that is big as the north side. Advancement in technology in tools…

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    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 issues as, loss of jobs, increase the length of the workday and strict supervision from managers. Be that as it…

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    author describes his experience working during his summer vacations as a factory worker. Setting the tone, he describes how he is more than happy to hit the books after laboring 12-hour days and earning meagre wages. As a result of his experience, the alternative is straightforward. "Factory life has shown me what my future might have been like had I never gone to college in the first place." "Sweating away my summers as a factory worker makes me more than happy to hit the books." He is…

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    Coming To England!! By: Man living at the city The industrial revolution was the shift in the way products were produced. The people started using machines and iron materials instead of their hands to produce products faster and easier at the factories. They use it to make there life easier and to make profit of the machines, that means that they are building them in their houses and selling them to other people. The cause of Industrial Revolution are the new technology, new machines, and…

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    the factory system. The factory system allows for all sorts of products to be produced on a mass consumer level, this system opened up many jobs in the inner city, which brought people to the surrounding area to live if living in the city were impossible there were however a few kinks in this factory system. The “kinks” in the factory system that was adopted during the industrial revolution were labor laws. Any person could work in these factories regardless of age, or gender. The factories…

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    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 greatest outcomes of the Industrial Revolution to have…

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    great inventions, new machinery, and the rise of multiple factories. The Industrial Revolution had made hard labor easier for the people. Although, since more factories had opened, people would hire children. This is called Child Labor. During the time of the Industrial Revolution, the problem of Child Labor had occurred. Child Labor is wrong because kids did not have safe working conditions and this unsafe practice was regulated by the Factories Act of 1833. While Child Labor was happening,…

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    In the Second Industrial Revolution, working class citizens were able to live comfortable lives with stability in the workplace without having to be in the middle class. Factories provided the working class with wages, housing, and work, allowing for pleasant lives. They were also given some degree of respectability and responsibility by being able to revolt or strike. Throughout the Second Industrial Revolution, although there were cycles of booms and busts, the economy was growing and…

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    increased economic growth, and with Britain having a lot of money they could buy new machines and factories. These are just some of the factors played a big role in the industrial revolution that made Britain the first in the country to start the industrial revolution growth that had spread throughout the rest of the world. With technology, the invention of the steam engine made it possible for factories to be built away from rivers instead of needing to be by rivers because the steam engines…

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