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What is the Industrial Revolution? What kind of changes did it make? When did it happen? Many wonder how it happened all I could say is that it was one of the most topics everyone talked about. These Revolution was transformations combined between social and economics that happen in some places around Europe. The Industrial Revolution made an enormous change in the 17th century. It took place in England Between the 17th and 18th century. The strong and brave Richard J Boyd once claimed “The…

Many children at a tender age are forced to work long hours in factories that contain many hazardous conditions that make their lives difficult. Although child labor benefits many businesses, the children suffer terribly from beatings, deleterious factory conditions, and many health issues. Children not only work excessive work hours that tire them mentally and physically, they also receive brutal beatings for simple little errors. Elizabeth Bentley was interviewed discussing her experience…

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the 1760’s where machines were built to create products from the vast resources. Due to Great Britain having an agricultural empire, they had access to more crops. Effects were labor, wealth, and pollution. Although the Industrial Revolution led to progression in global technology, it also caused a demand of labor and money, leading to abusive working conditions meaning that ultimately, it was a period of depression and struggle.…

Before the 1800’s, most Americans were farmers and most goods were produced by hand, but when the Industrial Revolution came into play everything slowly changed. Machines replaced almost everything. There were a lot of new power sources. For example; sewing machines, made our clothes quicker that it would if we would of hand sewn it like always. While most Americans continued to farm for a living, the economy began to shift toward manufacturing. There are a couple positive and negative effects…

An interview with former flax mill worker shows “[I began work at the factory] When I was six years old” (Document 7). Children as young as five and six were introduced into the world of factory work. During this time the children should have been in school, learning the basic skills…

In large factories, there is a lot of heavy machinery and the use of many harsh equipment. As stated in “Much Too Young to Work so hard” it says that two young boys have died in a coal mine because of these dangerous conditions. Yet,around these dangerous devices are children! Though being paid to work, they work in very harsh conditions that are very dangerous for them. They are only getting paid very little, much less than deserved. These children are also deprived of their education and…

Colonial Life: Carpentry and Joining Colonial Carpentry was a key asset to the community. Carpenters from New Hampshire to Georgia were relied on to repair, build, and add on to buildings in the 18th century. Many Carpentry skills were passed down through generations. Carpentry not only required skill, but many things like being able to measure precisely. Many carpenters used woods such as oak, poplar, and yellow pine. Overall, carpentry helped colonies flourish in the 18th century.…

Generating new advancements in technology is how an economy prospers. And new advancements in technology happen when a number of innovative thinkers plant their ideas together and work to make them come alive. In America, technological progress came a bit after the turn of the 1800's. Manufacturing, transportation, and the rise of large cities, were all causes of America's economic growth. However, there were also consequences that fallowed as a result of America's prosperity. The concepts…

The invention of the tracked tractor has evolved over the years the first track system dates back to 1770 when they were called the continuous track. Over the years companies have adopted the track tractor design that was first established by Caterpillar. There have been many changes to every companies track style tractors I am going to focus more on two tractors the John Deere 9630T and a Cat 865E they have many differences such as motor, purpose of company, track system, etc. They actually…

significant impact of the Industrial Revolution was that on urban society. The population of towns grew vastly because economic advantage entailed that the new factories and offices be situated in the cities. The outlook of the city and urban life in general were profoundly modified and altered. Modern industry created factory owners and capitalists who strengthened the wealth and size of the middle class. Beside the expansion of the bourgeoisie, the age of industrialization saw the emergence…