Second Industrial Revolution

THE RENAISSANCE The Renaissance was a period in European history from the 14th to the 17th century. It was known as a cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It was a time of great innovations, political dissolution, religious turmoil, and remarkable literary creations. Innovations. The Renaissance was a time of celebrated innovations. Some of them include the Blast Furnace, which enabled iron to be produced in significant quantities. The Finery Forge, which enabled them…

The Industrial Revolution took place in 1760, this revolution economically and socially altered the way we live. Products were no longer made in small compacted cottages but instead, manufacturing took place in vast city factories. This created a colossal difference in our society today, which allowed for mass production. Mass production let us to create not several inventions in a short period of time, but thousands of them. The effectiveness of transportation has also changed dramatically,…

country. There was therefore a need to export their goods out of France. They needed more outlets as the trade barriers being set by Germany were hindering their trade of goods. He saw this as serious need to expand their colonies due to their growing industrial population. The textile industry was one of their major industries and lacked outlets. He argued that the hardworking population of France deserved to have a proper market for the trading of their goods. The United…

caused it; Which was the market revolution. The Market revolution was the dramatic increase between 1820 and 1850 in the exchange of goods and services in market transactions; it reflected the increased output of farms and factories, the activities of traders and merchants, and creation of methods of transportation. People now work for wages, or just planted few crops for sale and used the money to buy goods made by strangers in far-off factories.The market revolution change Americans and…

Several factors facilitated the growth of European power between 1000 and 1500 CE. They included the growth of towns and trade. People would settle in lands where walls and structures were still around for protection during chaos and wars (ch 12, p 433). They then began to create cities from left over structures and buildings from an earlier time (ch 12, p 433). Additionally trade in the eleventh century further contributed to the growth of towns due to the elite wanting luxury goods from both…

The land in the west was very important to the Americans they believed in the “Manifest Destiny” or belief that the U.S. had to expand westward. There were many aspects associated with America’s westward expansion, some of which resulted in conflict over acquisition of land in the west. In the East people faced many hardships. Women had to work in factories they often got paid less than men and were treated very poorly, they had to live in dormitories next to the factories and…

I do not think that the English Textile factories were a good place for the health of the working class, because it was not a safe environment, there were a lot of little kids working machines, the workers of all ages worked for very long periods of time a day (5 am to like 10+pm), and also they got beaten at the factories. The English Textile factories were horrible with the health of their workers, kids of the age of 5 and older were working and they would hurt themselves or even others on…

Song dynasty was a controversial period in Chinese history regard to its political corruption and military weakness. As a result, it was always being called “Weak Song”. However, in economics perspective, Song dynasty instead was super strong and unprecedentedly prosperous. The revolutionary breakthrough in economy in terms of social productivity, great inventions and international trade pushed Song dynasty on the throne of the economic center of the world at that time. The increase of social…

Each human is an individual and should never be ashamed of who they are. It is a sad and regretful moment when people start using the labels that others place upon them. In the article “Working in a Chicken Factory” by Steven Striffler, he talks about how in the view of the supervisors the workers saw themselves as Mexicans. They are forced to have the label of “Mexican” that some may even translate it to being a slave. It's cruel that they are seen as just indispensable tools. The workers…

After the Civil War came to an end, America still heavily relied upon an agricultural economy since the Union did not have enough industry to redefine their economic system. However, this would soon change, as many life changing discoveries would be made. These included Thomas Edison’s’ invention of the lightbulb and electricity in 1880, steel and the Bessemer process in 1850, and the value of oil from Edwin L. Drake in 1859. All three of these creations together would redefine American society,…