The Importance Of Industrialization

The Industrialization

The Industrial Revolution, which took place in the eighteenth and nineteenth century which was the period where rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Industrialization marked a certain shift to power, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. While industrialization brought about an increased amount and a variety of manufactured goods and an improved standard of living, it also resulted in grim employment and living conditions for the poor and working classes.

First, it began with the Agricultural Revolution in the eighteenth century which changed the farmland expansion, good weather, improved transportation and new plants such as the potato which dramatically increased

They became popular in the eighteenth century and an important element in the success of the Industrial Revolution. Thanks to Richard Trevithick, a english engineer who built the first train powered by coal. This locomotive pulls nine tons of ore and seventy people at five miles per hour. Trevithick ran an industry rail line in Britain. More locomotives were built which meant more railroads, by 1850 more than 6,000 miles of railroads crisscrossed the country. The building of railroads created new jobs for farmers and the peasants. Since transportation became less expensive, goods were lower priced which created larger markets. The more sales made new demands which produced more factories which resulted in more jobs and business owners could reinvest their profits in new

Europe 's population raged to about a hundred and forty million in 1750, and by 1850 their population doubled to two hundred and sixty six million. The secret to this kind of growth was a decline in death rates, wars, and disease (because of their increases in food supply, the people were fed good and better prone to diseases). The growth in population led to miserable living conditions. Industrial capitalism rose during the revolution, which produced a new middle class group, the industrial middle class. They were made up of people who built the factories , bought the machines, and developed markets. They had a lot of ambition and a good eye for business but were often too greedy. Now the other working class that faced horrid working conditions worked shifts that ranged from twelve to sixteen hours each day, six days a week. In Britain women and children made up about two thirds cotton industry workers which were unhealthy conditions. By 1833 child labor finally decreased due to the Factory Act of 1833 limiting work hours for both women and children.

The Industrial Revolution was a time full of progress, like new theories in social, economic, and scientific areas, filled with positive and negative effects.This revolution helped the world face big obstacles socially and economically which still have a impact on us today. The Industrial Revolution is known and taught as one of the