Industrial Revolution

ECONOMICAL Industrialization resulted in an increase in population and the happening of urbanization, as a growing number of people moved to urban centres in search of employment. Some individuals became very wealthy, but some lived in horrible conditions. A class of wealthy industrialists, ship owners and merchants conquered, accumulating great wealth, but at the same […]

In what ways were Brittany the dominant industrial power in the world in 1850? Produced more than 50 percent of the world’s textile products Mined more than 80 percent of its coal Made almost half of its iron Helped other countries to build their railways Provided the machinery for features in other countries Had the […]

The Industrial Revolution (1750–1850) brought significant changes in agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation, and technology and created an era of unprecedented economic growth in a capitalist economy. During this period, Karl Marx observed the difficulties and inequalities faced by the proletariat. The working class worked for a long time in inhuman conditions to maintain the minimum […]

Third Industrial Revolution based on Offshoring and Education It’s no doubt that our economy is changing and so is the world we live in. The major changes in our society stared off with the First Industrial Revolution. Many jobs changed from farm to factory beginning in the late 18th century. This was the largest revolution […]

The Industrial Revolution led to new ways of organizing human labor, more enterprises, growth of energy and power, faster forms of transportation, higher productivity and more (Cole et al. 451). The first revolution began in the north of Britain in 1 760 and ended in 1850. The Industrial Revolution began in Britain, because its agriculture […]

The Industrial Revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from use of hand tools and handmade items to machine-made and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life, but also hindered it as well. Pollution, such as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, rose. Working conditions declined, and the number of women and […]

Wealth has had many factors that contribute to the meaning given by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2009), which defines wealth as “abundance of material possessions or resources.” In the early part of the United States, depending on the location in the continent, wealth was determined by different factors, especially after the Industrial Revolution.  In the South, […]