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    The industrial revolution was the transition from hand production methods to machine. This revolution, which happened at the 19th century in the Great Britain, has affected every single aspect of peoples’ everyday lives directly or indirectly. The industrial revolution promotes industrialization and it led to the creation of factories. The creation of factory, which was promoted by industrial revolution, improved the manufacturing process, and the improvements means that production was increased…

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    The British Industrial Revolution had positive and negative impacts on the American colonies. The invention of mechanical means to produce goods helped Britain to gain power and control over the trade industry. Machines allowed them to produce goods like textiles, iron tools, chinaware and more, at a much faster pace (Henretta et al., 2012). The increase in production of goods in England, allowed for an increase in the amount of trade to other countries, and the American colonies. The American…

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    Working Class Problems During the Industrial Revolution the working class had many problems such as working conditions, living conditions, disease, salary, and hygiene. The industrial revolution was a huge movement for the world, and began in Great Britain slowly making it’s way to the United states of America. Although the working class contributed the most, they benefited the least. Many industries were growing but the largest was the textile industry. Many women and children were working in…

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    the 1800’s, Americans experienced a revolution in transportation. The Automobile gave Americans a new form of personal transportation. Trains, subways and elevated railways changed the way Americans traveled in cities. All of these forms of transportation helped create new opportunities The Industrial Revolution was a revolution because new technologies dramatically changed society and the economy. The subway is one of the products of industrial revolution. In the basic definition, subway…

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    substitute human and animal labor” (Accampo). During the Industrial Revolution there were many advances in England causing it to be the first nation to industrialize, because of the advances there were inventions that turned the domestic system into a factory system, which had faster production of goods, that led to the Industrial Revolution this will have a positive and negative impact on the lives of the people in England. The Industrial Revolution started off in England because of the…

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    during the Industrial Revolution change society? The Industrial Revolution was a change in America’s economy that led to innovative inventions that changed society. Farming in New England was difficult because the soil would erode quickly and easily, so the economy changed to an industrial based economy. The Industrial Revolution first occurred in Great Britain in the mid 1700s. Samuel Slader stole ideas from Arkwhight in Britain and shared it with America. Samuel Slader brought the Industrial…

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    Industrial Revolution: The Negative Consequences The sounds of machinery running, the smell of fibers, children are running around the mill doing their tedious work. This scene is a resemblance of the average textile mill during the Industrial Revolution. Some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because it provided more jobs, but it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrializations negative effects were a dangerous work atmosphere, no…

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    Industrial Revolution on European Society (1700s-1800s) The Industrial Revolution took place through the 1700s-1900s. It is known as the shift from man made goods to machine made goods. It began in England in the middle 1700s, and by the 1800s industrialization spread to continental Europe and the United States. The Revolution started in England due to their increased population thanks to their farming techniques and greater food supply. They also had a bunch of natural resources used during…

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    Marx, in his Communist Manifesto, sought to explain the consequences of the Industrial Revolution as a piece of the grand scheme of history-moving towards revolution. The greater labeling of factory workers as mere commodities caused further divide between the bourgeoisie and the proletarians, which, according to Marx, would ultimately result in the fall of the bourgeoisie and the commencement of the Communist Revolution. Meanwhile, artists reacted in many different ways to the changing times…

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    because they were involved in the Industrial Revolution. I do not think the results of the Industrial Revolution were worth the human cost. Dying and getting injured is not worth it. Three reasons why I do not think it was worth the human cost is: people got very ill, people got injured, and men, women and children were unable to get a proper education. My first reason why the Industrial Revolution was not worth the human cost is people got very sick during the Revolution. People got very ill…

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