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    The Industrial Revolution has affected the modern world profoundly. Science, technology, and engineering were leveraged for economic development. Agriculture and manufacturing were modernized. In 1780’s, the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain. Britian pioneered industrial technology and social urban living. The country was an economic and social development model that influenced the rest of Europe after 1815. The early Industrial Revolution movements affected agriculture. Many…

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    Source 1 In source 1 you see 4 kids who are working in a factory and as you can tell there at a very young age, this is called child labor. Child labor was a big thing at the start of the industrial revolution in 1760. The children that were working when they were really young like 4 or 5, They also got payed very little for how much they worked, pressure of globalization led to trafficking and forced labor. Source 2 In source 2 we see lots of pollution, this was one of the downfalls of…

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    Many people fail to realize the definition of the word revolution. It has multiple meanings such as: revolving and rotation, but today we are looking at it as an uprising or to become more industrialized.The Second Industrial Revolution was a type of revolution because it included new and improved technologies that helped to impact society and the economy. New technologies on the railroads and means of transportation improved. For example, streetcars were created to help city residents move…

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    We got a lot of events in the year of 1800s that occurred in the year, and I think that the most important events are an event that called the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution consist too many events that treat to have on the politics, economics, social and cultural activities, and the environment. As specialized ability established between small operations in the field and then spread, and amplified. Designers, and James Watt, who reinforced the steam engines, associated with…

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    As the 19th century drew to a close, numerous English cities, one being London, England, transformed from being a rural society to an urban society. The rapid development of cities served as both a rising and uniting factor in advanced economic, political and social life. In modern times, urbanization is rapidly growing, thus creating megacities like Wuhan, China with a population of nine million inhabitants. The shift from agrarian based societies to metropolitan based societies has and is…

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    Industrial Revolution where major landmark in human history, which makes major effect on the socio-economic and cultural condition in European countries during 19th century. The Industrial revolution introduced fast development in science and technology and its application. During this period the foundation of many industries laid down such as textile, iron making technique, refining coal etc. In 19th century many industries start their production .With the help of new technology industries…

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    With the invention of the locomotive in 1808, railways were changed greatly. The locomotive allowed for a quicker way for transportation as well as setting the bar for the different means of transportation to keep up with. Over time, changes to the locomotive allowed for a new and improved locomotive. Traveling on the railroads was as fast as any other means of transportation. Although there are small technical errors like scheduling, the locomotive changed the train industry like no other tool…

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    During the 1800’s, there was an era called the Industrial Revolution which followed a time period of farming. During this time period, many people made their living working in factories and many industrial cities and towns grew up. This time period is significant because people went from farming and living in the countryside to living in and working in cities. To begin, the Industrial Revolution was more negative because of child labor. During this time period, children were used in factories…

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    Definition: Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700s. During this time the world became aware of the profitable entities rapid human labor could produce in factories. The revolution started in Britain and move rapidly through North America and Western Europe. With the ensemble of new technology rapidly growing, The industrial revolution can easily be named one of the most significant cultural and social changes in our history. However, although the Industrial…

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    The Enlightenment covered a period of time in western civilization roughly from the mid 1600s to the end of the 1700s. It is characterized by the many influential scholars who proposed to use reason and critical thinking as opposed to hearsay, superstition, or divine intervention to explain the universe. As Frank Thackeray and John Findling, authors of Events That Changed the World in the Eighteenth Century explain, “It was a new way of looking at the world that emphasized reason and natural law…

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