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    Immigrant Children during Industrial Revolution A small boy barely over seven works in a dank breaker alongside other children of varying ages. Black clouds of coal dust, steam and smoke settle over their tiny faces, turning them coal black. He drops his handkerchief and lets out a gruff cough as breaker dust gets trapped in his throat. Extending his swelled and cracked open fingers, he swoops up the dirty handkerchief, and wipes away a small stream of blood that fell over…

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    Today, I am going to talk about architecture where it has combine the latest technology and the magnificent art style that catches our breathe. Architecture is not only about art, yet it is also support and create our civilisations today. Throughout the history, humans had always been living inside buildings. However, there is a difference between building and architecture. Where animals can build: birds build nests for their homes; bees build hives for storage of food. But human developed…

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    Market Revolution in America The tide initial a new civil revolution in daily business and national wealth. Under the pressure of war debt and positive economic environment, Americans started their own Market Revolution. They established better road system for transportation and communication; they built factories as powerhouses of economy; they invent steamboat, train and car after the Second Industrial Revolution replacing horses and carriage. Under such climate, the Market Revolution also…

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    death, emotions and internal conflict which is basically the definition of Gothic literature. The House of Usher, tells the story of a man with a mental illness that invites a man to help and provide companionship through his last days on earth. During the friends stay, the man entombs his own sister while still alive with the help of his friend under pretenses that she is dead from an illness. The story, ends with the sister breaking out of the tomb all the while the man succumbs to death by…

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    first considered a science due to its mystical aspects. Alchemy, in particular, began as the pursuit of gold and eternal life. Similar to the basic concept of chemistry, it involved the transformation of items into other items, such as lead into gold. During the Renaissance, alchemy evolved…

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    During the opening scene ,close ups of moving pistons and the steam whistle sounds act as a symbol of pressure within the workforce and could be seen as foreshadowing events to come such as rebellion. Here, it can be viewed as a warning where extreme pressure is placed on the masses…

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    that required a different type of energy than had ever been needed. As a result, the first iterations of coal powered machines were created such as the steam engine. As the years passed technology became more advanced and as a result the demand for energy increased, but with little change in how it was obtained. The way we obtain energy since to power our lives has for the most part gone unchanged, we burn coal. Coal, or fossil fuels as they…

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    submarines, machine guns, tanks, poison gas, cannons, military shells, and steam boats. This advancement impacted the way the war was fought, because they now had access to more powerful weapons. This meant a larger scale of war, which lead to more power yet more damage. This advancement affected everyone and everything. This advancement in technology led to the increase of production and increase in industry. This war became an Industrial war due to the advancements of technology. More…

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    Strategic Foreign Policy at Kings College in London, states, “The possession of the world 's largest merchant marine (and its growth during this period) made it possible for Great Britain to gain and maintain access both to all of the world 's most important markets and to the most important raw materials needed for the ever evolving industrial and commercial revolution that was occurring in Great Britain” (Kennedy). This quote explains how nations were able to grow, despite the lack crucial…

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    from the ground up. The majority of human history consisted of hard labor, whether it be major construction projects like the pyramids in ancient Egypt or the basic subsistence farming practiced even through to the modern day. However, the Industrial Revolution sparked a new age of labor. Following the invention of the flying shuttle, Spinning Jenny, and mechanic yarn spinner, factories resembling modern day sweatshops were born (Powell, ). The sweatshops in late 1700s Great Britain makes…

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