INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- List and describe the social effects of the Industrial Revolution.
- Water-borne diseases affected the tenants in the slums as most factory workers were prone to these diseases and a respiratory disease known as factory fever, which was mostly caused by dust and humid environments.
- Due to factory employees in the industrial cities working less workday than farmers, this resulted in overcrowding in the cities, water pollution, and the streets were dirty.
- Uneducated children in the sic and seven started working in the factories that hired uneducated children since there was no public schooling (Burnette, 2008).
- How the Industrial Revolution transformed Gender Roles
- Only men operated the earliest introduction of machines because of them being bulky.
- Women and children were paid to men as the use of machines became simpler to use.
- How the revolution in transportation and communication changed people’s lives
- Due to inadequate roads in Britain, which could not handle massive raw materials, new roads were built, which created employment of the construction workers.
- After building new roads, land transportation became very costly to use as they had to take and buy food along the way during the day and night; this led to the emergence of new towns along the road and businesses (Mokyr, 2001).
- Canals were constructed linking the factories, mines, and ports that make it easier for the workers.
- List and describe four cultural effects of the Industrial Revolution.
- New cloth designs were invented due to the introduction of cotton from India in the British markets and Industries.
- New agricultural methods were more efficient and productive than the previous as most of the tenant’s apprehended official rights on grazing animals in large tracts of lands.
- The use of iron and steels changed the construction techniques where metal started to be used in building factories and machinery (Geraghty, 2007).
- Construction of new roads made automotive the most preferred for transportation of raw materials than horses.
- How did the industrial revolution impact global politics?
- Workers did not have the political power to amend the situation they had as the chance to vote was restricted compared to the property owners.
- The use of metals like steel and iron led to other countries and leaders in the world to introduce industrialization.
- The road construction and the introduction of automobiles used by leaders transport more efficient and offered comfort; other countries were impressed with the techniques.
References
Burnette, Joyce. Gender, work, and wages in the industrial revolution in Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Geraghty, Thomas M. “The factory system in the British industrial revolution: A complementarity thesis.” European Economic Review 51.6 (2007): 1329-1350.
Mokyr, Joel. “The rise and fall of the factory system: technology, firms, and households since the industrial revolution.” Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy. Vol. 55. No. 1. Elsevier Science, 2001.