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Lesson One: Question: How did improvements in transportation affect individuals and/or nations during the 19th century? Answer: With the advanced and improved innovations of transportation, this established faster and more trade routes. The invention of the steam engine, paved roads, and locomotives allowed people to transfer goods in a short period of time. This also kept certain goods from spoiling faster. The traders went through the paved routes, making it easier to get to their…

The history of Colonial Empires is both a complex and an enduring one. During the nineteenth century, several reasons ranging from political, ideological, to economic interests paved the way for colonial expansion. However, it was the industrial Revolution which led to the successful rise and growth of the British and European Empires. The industrial revolution has had a major impact on colonial expansion, the rapid development of technology and the emergence of new machinery with new and…

1. Introduction: The Industrial Revolution was the introduction of new manufacturing styles, including going from hand production methods to machines. The first industry to use modern production methods was the textile industry (Landes D. S., 1969). It created a major turning point in history where almost every aspect of our daily lives was influenced in some way (Lucas, 2002). Some economist stated that one of the biggest impacts of the Industrial Revolution was the consistent increase of the…

The Industrial Revolution was extremely beneficial for the progress of the world starting in the 1800s all the way to current day. Sacrifices were made, which allowed technological progresses to happen during the Industrial Revolution. This created happiness, life opportunities, and an over-all positive improvement of life. The effects of the Age of Revolutions were mostly negative due to the exploration of inhumane treatments in Europe and the working conditions. However it was somewhat…

Commedia dell arte not only made a huge impact in the history of the theatre, but also everyday modern arts and media. This can be shown by various accounts such as, the theatre of farce, commedia erudita, and the mime theatre. With shows such as Fawlty towers, Friends, how I met your mother and so on, which are shown in everyday media these all show examples of how commedia dell arte still influence over today’s society. Commedia dell arte or the theatre of the professional, these troupes were…

The Industrial Revolution was a period in which large changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the entire social structure in England. It was a long, slow process in which production shifted from hand told to machines and in which new sources of power such as steam and electricity replaced human and animal power. The Agricultural Revolution kick started the Industrial Revolution. The inventions of machines to help in farming helped…

People look at this Industrial Revolution as a time of prosperity and development for England. Those people don’t understand the type of hardship that these factory workers go through in the factories. The workers are treated no better than slaves and most people don’t know that some women and children are forced to work in these hellish factories. These people are throwing their lives to waste. The Industrial Revolution forced many people and families to be bound to factories and live lives of…

The Industrial Revolution took a huge impact on the 19th century, by giving the people opportunities to work in factories. But these type of situations not only gave men or women work, but children as well. By 1890, factory workers would only get very little minimum wages. At the end of the day, employer’s preferred child labor for many different reasons. Three good examples are children are a cheap source of labor, they would have more energy and a longer life span, so they would say. But most…

Child Labor in America during the 1800’s to the early 1900's, this is what children had been involved in. As a child, in child labor, they suffered working in horrible conditions and dreadful injuries. Child labor had had the government and the people dispute because of what their children had to go through. Most of the children had been put into child labor because they had wanted to help provide for their own families. Although it was to help provide for their families, the people had wanted…

What change from this unit had the greatest impact on history and why? The Industrial Revolution was a time of change and progress towards a society in which new machines, sciences, and ideas dominated. These advances in history changed millions of lives. Fast travel, communication, mass-production and so much more became a part of this new, high functioning and effective society. This, of course, brought different feelings of inspiration and expression among artists during this time. Responses…