One of the best examples of these changes was brought about by James Watt who improved the steam engines and made them more efficient, giving way to their wide use. These steam engines have brought us many advancements including the steamboat and the locomotive. Steam engine
These new means of transportation have created more jobs, more efficient travel, and an easier way to move goods, which has expanded our market and allowed our economy to skyrocket. But could there …show more content…
These inventions are bringing changes to everyone’s life. Some workers have been displaced by machines, but others found new job opportunities working with machinery. Many people are being forced to move into the industrialized cities and are finding working conditions harsh. Many inventions in manufacturing are changing the workplace for people. Previous to the Industrial Revolution manufacturing took place in the home of workers living in rural areas. Merchants brought raw materials to the homes and collected the finished products. Often times an entire family would work together to create clothing, food products, textiles and wood products. However, as larger companies began to produce these same products in factories, with inventions like the cotton gin, they made home production