Thursday, September 24, 2009

LIFE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.








The first Industrial Revolution occurred in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century. I was in my 20s when Industrial Revolution took place. The Industrial Revolution involved urbanization, that is, the process of migration from rural to urban communities. The invention of new machines and the discovery of new sources of power to drive these machines brought about changes that led to Industrial Revolution. These changes transformed the way people lived and worked.


Back then, the spinning machines were invented as making cloth by hand was a slow process. The production of that machine had indeed lessened the production time and had allowed more goods to be produced.


Railway trains and steamships were invented. This allowed the people in the older years to travel longer distances in a shorter period of time to look for markets and raw materials. The production of the steam engine had helped to produce many goods when coal was burnt in it to turn water into steam.


All these inventions and productions all took place in factories which cause workers to work in them instead of working at home. As a result they could produce great quantities at a faster rate and needed a place to sell their goods to, so they turned to Asia.


Industrial Revolution occurred in France, Belgium, Germany, and the U.S. about the middle of the 19th century; in Sweden and Japan toward the end of the century; in Russia and Canada just after the turn of the 20th century; and in parts of Latin America, the Middle East, Central and southern Asia, and Africa about or after the middle of the 20th century.

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