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  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution (Extra Credit) The era known as the Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile, metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in England. This period is appropriately labeled “revolution,” for it thoroughly changed the old manner of doing things and bringing up new techniques. Constantly improving the ways in which things were made, which had effects of cutting costs and improving quality and efficiency was

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    So many things changed with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The revolution came about as a product of the Transportation Revolution, which made the movement of goods easier and substantially cheaper. The market for manufactured products, especially textiles, greatly expanded. Hard workers were needed to produce these goods. Industry soon greatly expanded and new cities and towns sprung up to accommodate people at the newly opened factories and mines. However, while the growing industry

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: David
  • The Unavoidable Industrial Revolution

    The Unavoidable Industrial Revolution

    From 10-1830 the Industrial Revolution changed the society and when the society changes so do the individuals. In the Industrial Revolution many farmers would fence / close up their land and get machines to do the work for them. That causing many farm-workers to loose their job and move to the cities and to work in factories. It did have many negative and positive effects on the society. But I think the Industrial Revolution would

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Life as a Mill Town Worker During the Industrial Revolution

    Life as a Mill Town Worker During the Industrial Revolution

    1816: Hello, my name is Elizabeth Crabtree. I work at a cotton mill in Great Britain. My job at the mill is doffing, but I'll get into that later. I'm twenty years old, but I'm not married, yet (I'm still crossing my fingers). I live with my mother and father in a village of mill workers, which happens to be less than a mile away from the mill that I work at. My father works

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    I decided to write about chapter three because I really like learning about the Industrial Revolution and how it changed the entire economy. The first document I read about was very hard to understand. Most of it seemed like someone who didn't have a clue what they were talking about, yet other parts promise to help all people in need. Emma Lazars was the daughter of a prosperous Jewish family in New York, she wrote

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Victor
  • How Industrial Revolution Made Life Easier

    How Industrial Revolution Made Life Easier

    How Industrial Revolution Made Life Easier It would just be unbearable to think that life would be better without the Industrial Revolution. All the inventions that were invented back then are used all the time. The three inventions which are the camera, the light bulb and the locomotive have greatly changed society. Without the light bulb, you couldn't see at night, you wouldn't be able to take pictures of anything for memories if the camera

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution was a crucial point in the history of the world, and also a very difficult time to endure, especially for the working class. In the late eighteenth century, a young poet and artist by the name of William Blake became outraged and inspired by the inhumane treatment of young boys called “chimney sweeps.” Thus he produced a protest in the form of simple poetry. Wicksteed says, “Deeper knowledge of Blake will

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    Causes The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians seeing the Revolution as an outgrowth of social and institutional changes wrought by the end of feudalism in Great Britain after the English Civil War in the 17th century. The Enclosure movement and the British Agricultural Revolution made food production more efficient and less labor-intensive, forcing the surplus population who could no longer find employment in agriculture

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. More good than bad The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. About the time of the American Revolution, English People began to use machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines. Later they invented locomotives. Productivity began a steep climb. By 1850 most Englishmen were laboring in industrial towns and Great

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Sociology and the Industrial Revolution

    Sociology and the Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution leaves us with many questions: Was the revolution in industry simply an issue of new machinery or mechanical innovation? Did young boys and girls work and live shoulder to shoulder for more than twelve hours a day? Was industrial capitalism nothing more than a clever system devised by clever capitalists to exploit the labor of ignorant workers? Was the revolution in industry the product of conscious planning or did it appear

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution Many of us cannot imagine life with out the mall or better yet life with out a cell phone. We take for granted being fortunate enough to be born a child of the new millennium. With our convenience however comes ignorance. We forget about the time when it took a year for a letter to get delivered from the east coast to the west coast. We forget that we did not

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution The era known as the Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in England, then spread through Europe and America. The changes occurred during 1760- 1850. Since London is England's capital it was largely affected. The industrial revolution began in the late 1700's with inventions such as the spinning jenny, steam engine, flying shuttle, water-powered frame.

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: July
  • Geography’s Role in the Industrial Revolution

    Geography’s Role in the Industrial Revolution

    Geography’s role in the Industrial Revolution Geographically the United States is a vary diverse landscape that effected America’s ability to industrialize. The geographic features of a country will control the need for it to industrialize, less land means less opportunity to farm. This geographic fact will also control the rate of development; less land means a need for faster industrialization. It is this diversity and abundance of land that controlled the economic and social development

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The New Industrial Revolution

    The New Industrial Revolution

    "Computers let us make more mistakes faster than anything in history except maybe handguns and tequila." Mitch Radliffe, 1992. Few people remember Mitch Radliffe, nor really should they. And while there are no numbers to verify his hypothesis, that statement may be becoming a truism. There is no telling what's ahead as computers and their user-friendly technology become as commonplace in the home as an oven or a phone or a TV or stereo. In

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    In the last part of the 18th century, a new revolution gripped the world that we were not ready for (Perry, 510). This revolution was not a political one, but it would lead to many implications later in its existence (Perry, 510). Neither was this a social or Cultural Revolution, but an economic one (Perry, 510). The Industrial revolution, as historians call it, began the modern world. It began the world we live in today

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    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: July
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    1) Along with the Industrial Revolution came astounding changes in a significant number of Canadian families. Before the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, it was typical to find a family that operated as a single entity. It was only natural to find a family operating with a working father solely responsible for providing for the family and a stay-at-home mother entirely in charge of the household and the upbringing of the children. However, this situation

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Edward
  • What Impact Did the Industrial Revolution Have on World War I?

    What Impact Did the Industrial Revolution Have on World War I?

    What Impact Did the Industrial Revolution have on World War I? How did the Industrial Revolution impact World War I? This is an old chestnut of a question. If not for the technological advances that occurred during this time period we would still be in the so-called dark ages. However, it also comes with some drawbacks. Wars could no longer be fought and won quickly or cheaply. Due to the new killing power, industrialization allowed

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, England began to undergo many social and economic changes, which society knows today as, The Industrial Revolution. The consequences of this revolution would change human labor, consumption, family structure, social structure, and according to newer research, the very soul and thoughts of the individual in a dramatic way. Historians are still in constant debate, asking the question; why this occurred and more importantly, why

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    During the Industrial boom of the early 1700's, no one would have thought that these inventions and ideas could shape the world we live in today, especially then. You do not have to be a historian to know that, with new inventions comes more money; so economically this was revolutionary. For example, the lathe is the oldest and simplest known machine tool. Normally used by carpenters, these were used to make decorative table legs, columns,

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    Americans faced many hardships during the turn of the century. As our Nation was adjusting to the new technological advances they were making during the Industrial Revolution, it seems that some people were simply looked over in this new "rat race". There were many problems that accompanied the new century, perhaps one of the largest though, was the expansion and dominance of big businesses. As though it may seem that large businesses may be a

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Artur
  • European History: Industrial Revolution, Roles of Men and Women

    European History: Industrial Revolution, Roles of Men and Women

    The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries symbolized a change not only in the economic sectors of European life, but also a change in class construction, the rise of cities, and the shift from manual labor to industry. Through these changes, new opportunities appeared and new problems arose for this quickly evolving society which effects can still be seen today. This revolution stemmed out of a chain of events which started with the

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point in advancements of the United States and Europe. The Industrial Revolution included many inventions of different purposes and complexity. Many of the inventions shape the world around us so much that people do not even realize it. The Industrial Revolution also included the Agricultural Revolution in Europe, which changed the farming methods and increased agriculture. A form of efficient mass transportation was developed during this time to

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Causes of the Industrial Revolution

    The Causes of the Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in late 18th and early 19th century that began in Britain and spread throughout the world. During that time, an economy based on manual labour was replaced by one dominated by industry and the manufacture of machinery. It began with the mechanisation of the textile industries and the development of iron-making techniques, and trade expansion was enabled by the introduction of canals, improved roads

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution, like most revolutions, forever changed not only the industrial and agrarian worlds; it also left its stamp on the social, cultural, economic and political fabric of society. It brought with it the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful, poverty and wealth, speed and fury, the small and the big, and paved the way for the world we now live in. The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    What did I learn? Industrial Revolution In the previous class, we learned the changes of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution had changed literally everything. Lives changed, roles changed, education changed, homes changed, health changed, romance changed; everything had changed. The elements of the home changed in quite a few ways. The home was always filled with the people that lived there because they spend their time at home. The home was made of things

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: David

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