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Transportation in the 1800’s People sometimes wonder when the world started to change to get to where we are today. During the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, major changes took place in the lives and work of people. These changes resulted in the Industrial Revolution. The growth of the Industrial Revolution depended on the ability to transport raw materials and goods over long distances. Transportation played a huge role in the Industrial Revolution. During the Industrial Revolution,…

in communication led to inventions such as the typewriter, the telephone, phonograph, transatlantic cable, and the incandescent light bulb while advances in business growth led to other inventions such as barbed wire, electric motor, and the diesel engine. Inventions that improved communication made it more efficient by speeding up the process and improving legibility, allowing for faster sharing of information, altering musical entertainment by no longer needing it to be played live for people…

Many inventions played key roles in American expansion. Canals and railroads set a path connecting towns and settlements. Trains and boats featuring steam engines carried goods needed to sustain life and luxury in these places. The tin can made it possible to transport previously perishable goods. Although all of these made expansion possible, one invention in particular made southerners want to expand; the cotton gin. These inventions catalyzed US expansion in the 1800’s. Canals spread…

Did you ever think about how the way we view literature was impacted by? In the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution made a huge impact in the world with there new and improved changes. Also during that time period, Realism was showing literature a new way to view stories. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a famous Realism author in the 18th century,who wrote a well-known story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”. This story is about a lady who was consider needing help, was lock in a house not leaving the…

The Victorian Age was the most important time period in the history of England. The time period was filled with extraordinary inventions, cultural changes, and the development of literature. New inventions helped boost the economy, and along with cultural changes, separated social classes even more. During the Victorian Age, the rich got richer, and the poor got poorer. Greed was at a resounding high, and poverty was at an appalling low. Evidence of these social classes can be found in the time…

Preet Rai How did the triangle trade shape our world? All the events leading up to this day have our world in some way. For example the triangle trade has shaped our world. The triangle trade was the trade between three destinations. America, Europe and Africa. Importing and disturbing materials across the world. The trade had three lines. Line one was the materials for trading with the slaves. Line two were the Africans slaves that were heading to America. Line three, the…

3a) It has been said that Canada’s history has been dominated by the export of staple products. Due to it being a British colony, Canada has been lacking in exporting products that would compete in the world market. Instead, Canada has become more known to export staple goods and developing transportation networks to connect port cities with regions that produce resources. Raw materials that Canada exports, such as timber and fur, help countries like the United States in creating products that…

The Industrial Revolution was started in Great Britain during the mid-1700’s. The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain because they had many factors to help them. The Industrial Revolution was at first negative on the people working in the factories, but then got better as the government got involved. The Industrial Revolution had both negative and positive effects on the worker during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution in the beginning was not a pleasant time…

Throughout the Victorian era many inventions were being made and technology was developing at an exponential rate. While it made the lives of many a great deal easier their creation came with a cost. To develop many of the inventions and to fuel the the Victorian era many began to move from their homes in the country close to nature and earth into the ever increasing cities. Due to this great migration of sorts art and literature were less focused on and science and industry became the rulers of…

mainly sped up the transportation and communication that had been enhanced to a greater extent. Many things had resulted from this. As the passage mentions, “Steamships replaced sailing ships, and railroad building took off” (244). Steamships, steam engines, etc. is an earlier model of the transportation that was going to improve. This engineers, etc. built these new uses of transportation for easier and…