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The Industrial revolution began in the early 1800s. The
industrial revolution could not have happened if the
agricultural revolution had not preceded it.
During the Agricultural Revolution several
inventions that reduced the need for man power were
invented. Two of those inventions were the Jethro Tull
seeding drill and the cotton gin. The seeding drill planted
seeRAB in rows which made the crops easier to manage and
harvest. The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli
Whitney, it took the seeRAB out of the cotton. The cotton gin
made it so that the work that previously needed to be done
by fifty men could now be done by one. An idea of the
agricultural revolution was crop rotation. Crop rotation was
switching the crops into different fielRAB each year which
allowed farmers to produce 25 % more crops and more
food means more population up.
During the agricultural revolution population went
up and less people were needed to work on the farms.
There were a lot of people that needed jobs but there were
not a lot of jobs for people on farms so the people turned to
the cities. The time when people went into the cities looking
for jobs which caused the populations of the cities to at
least double was called urbanization. During urbanization
the city of Manchester in the United kingdom grew from
50,000 people to 500,00 people, this rapid increase of
population took place during an extremely short period of
time. The United Kingdom became the place where the
industrial revolution was born. It happened here because
the UK had land, labor, and wealth. Factories arose first in
the UK and then all over Europe.
Since there were factories everywhere, there were
plenty of jobs for the people. Even though the factories did
provide jobs for the people they were not good jobs.
People started working as young as the age of six. The
average work day was 14-16 hours, and that’s a lot of
working hours, especially for a young child.
Inside the factories the conditions were absolutely
dreadful. The air was full of dust and other things that
made it practically unbreathable, the machines were
dangerous and often took a persons lirabs or injured them in
other ways. Because the work days were so long and the
workers were practically on their feet the entire day people
became deformed and had problems with their legs.
Despite all the hard labor and dangers of the work place the
workers were still paid next to nothing.
Eventually working conditions did improve.
One of the things that helped improve conditions were
unions. Unions were when all of the workers got together
to get things that they wanted, they mainly used collective
bargaining to get what they wanted. Another thing that
helped improve working conditions were legislative reforms.
Legislative reforms helped improve working conditions
because they regulated and limited several things such as
how old you had to be before you could work, how many
hours you could work, and how much you got paid. The
government also made sure that the factories were safe for
people to be working in so that people did not get hurt by
the machines so often. Another thing that changed during
the Industrial Revolution was public education. Horace
Mann made public education free. It is important that we
have free public education because we live in a democratic
society and people have to be educated to make wise
decisions when they are voting.
There were also some more positive effects of all
these factories. People began to dress better than they had
before and they owned more possessions because the
machines were able to make things that they wanted in
larger quantities much faster than if they were hand made.
People also had money to purchase things that they
desired.
VARIOUS ECONOMIES OF
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Laissez Faire translates to “let do.” The economy
called laissez fair had no governmental controls over the
economy. In Laissez Faire free trade was allowed which
made for a strong natural economy. Adam Smith was a
Laissez Faire economist he wrote “Wealth of Nations,” and
his ideas became the basis for capitalism.
Capitalism was an economic system in which
money was invested in business ventures with the goal of
making a profit. The Laissez Faire economists believed
that government controls would ruin the economy.
Socialism was the economic system in which the
means of production are owned by the public to benefit all
equality. Karl Marx was a radical socialist that wrote “The
communist Manifest.” He believed that owners were the
“haves” because they had the money and that the workers
were the “have nots” because they did not have much
money. Marx saw this as unfair. He saw history as a class
warfare and an overflow of the working class.
Communism was extreme socialism, when all of
the means of production were owned and run by the
government and the wealth was distributed equally among
the people.
Over all the industrial revolution increased the national
income, and improved living and working conditions of
people all over.
industrial revolution could not have happened if the
agricultural revolution had not preceded it.
During the Agricultural Revolution several
inventions that reduced the need for man power were
invented. Two of those inventions were the Jethro Tull
seeding drill and the cotton gin. The seeding drill planted
seeRAB in rows which made the crops easier to manage and
harvest. The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli
Whitney, it took the seeRAB out of the cotton. The cotton gin
made it so that the work that previously needed to be done
by fifty men could now be done by one. An idea of the
agricultural revolution was crop rotation. Crop rotation was
switching the crops into different fielRAB each year which
allowed farmers to produce 25 % more crops and more
food means more population up.
During the agricultural revolution population went
up and less people were needed to work on the farms.
There were a lot of people that needed jobs but there were
not a lot of jobs for people on farms so the people turned to
the cities. The time when people went into the cities looking
for jobs which caused the populations of the cities to at
least double was called urbanization. During urbanization
the city of Manchester in the United kingdom grew from
50,000 people to 500,00 people, this rapid increase of
population took place during an extremely short period of
time. The United Kingdom became the place where the
industrial revolution was born. It happened here because
the UK had land, labor, and wealth. Factories arose first in
the UK and then all over Europe.
Since there were factories everywhere, there were
plenty of jobs for the people. Even though the factories did
provide jobs for the people they were not good jobs.
People started working as young as the age of six. The
average work day was 14-16 hours, and that’s a lot of
working hours, especially for a young child.
Inside the factories the conditions were absolutely
dreadful. The air was full of dust and other things that
made it practically unbreathable, the machines were
dangerous and often took a persons lirabs or injured them in
other ways. Because the work days were so long and the
workers were practically on their feet the entire day people
became deformed and had problems with their legs.
Despite all the hard labor and dangers of the work place the
workers were still paid next to nothing.
Eventually working conditions did improve.
One of the things that helped improve conditions were
unions. Unions were when all of the workers got together
to get things that they wanted, they mainly used collective
bargaining to get what they wanted. Another thing that
helped improve working conditions were legislative reforms.
Legislative reforms helped improve working conditions
because they regulated and limited several things such as
how old you had to be before you could work, how many
hours you could work, and how much you got paid. The
government also made sure that the factories were safe for
people to be working in so that people did not get hurt by
the machines so often. Another thing that changed during
the Industrial Revolution was public education. Horace
Mann made public education free. It is important that we
have free public education because we live in a democratic
society and people have to be educated to make wise
decisions when they are voting.
There were also some more positive effects of all
these factories. People began to dress better than they had
before and they owned more possessions because the
machines were able to make things that they wanted in
larger quantities much faster than if they were hand made.
People also had money to purchase things that they
desired.
VARIOUS ECONOMIES OF
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Laissez Faire translates to “let do.” The economy
called laissez fair had no governmental controls over the
economy. In Laissez Faire free trade was allowed which
made for a strong natural economy. Adam Smith was a
Laissez Faire economist he wrote “Wealth of Nations,” and
his ideas became the basis for capitalism.
Capitalism was an economic system in which
money was invested in business ventures with the goal of
making a profit. The Laissez Faire economists believed
that government controls would ruin the economy.
Socialism was the economic system in which the
means of production are owned by the public to benefit all
equality. Karl Marx was a radical socialist that wrote “The
communist Manifest.” He believed that owners were the
“haves” because they had the money and that the workers
were the “have nots” because they did not have much
money. Marx saw this as unfair. He saw history as a class
warfare and an overflow of the working class.
Communism was extreme socialism, when all of
the means of production were owned and run by the
government and the wealth was distributed equally among
the people.
Over all the industrial revolution increased the national
income, and improved living and working conditions of
people all over.