Industrial++Revolution



Based on the diagram, the advantages of the Industrial Revolution included that since there was a higher demand for labor, it created more jobs for citizens to work in factories and other mass producing industries. The mass producing also results in a prosperity in the nation's economy because there is less competition among other international markets. Colonies could be considered an advantage and a disadvantage of the Industrial Revolution because although the living conditions could be harsh, but some of them could have found religious or political freedom that they did not possess in their native counties. This also could result in another disadvantage for the native colonizing countries because as their colonies develop more freedom, they will want to completely seperate from their native countries, resulting in revolution (i.e. Britain's colonies ---> The American Revolution). 



-Changes in agriculture had a major impact on the Industrial Revolution. Farmers began to experiment with different farming strategies/techniques. For example, they improved livestock breeding methods to raise healthier animals. This resulted in the development of a better variety of crops, (i.e. potatoes). These improvements increased Britain’s food supply, which also resulted in the rapid increase in Britain's population. Rich landowners also would buy fields from other farmers, and would combine their fields to create larger farms and put fences around them. This was called the enclosure movement, which allowed more efficient farming methods, and therefore, helped increase the food supply and the population. Because of the enclosure movement, poor farmers that were unable to to make a living in the countryside were forced to move to the cities to look for jobs in factories and other industries, and became the working class of the Industrial Revolution. -I predict that the shift from cottage industries to factories had a significant effect on the lives of the textile workers, and towns/cities. Since the demand for cotton/cloth started to increase, workers had to move from their craft performed in their homes to huge factories. They now had to live in small, cramped apartments and work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in noisy, dangerous factories to bring home the bare minimum for their families. Cities became overpopulated because of the increasing numbers of people trying to find jobs in their factories. The factories, although helped produce more than at home occupations ever would, also polluted the environment greatly, and was the cause for many of its inhabitants diseases from its steam/smoke. -I think people justified the use of children doing hard labor in cold mines because at the time, since work was scarce and economic times were hard, families living in the city needed all of the money they could possibly get. Since parents were working all day, every week, leaving their children at home, they often assumed that their older children, ranging from 12 and up, were old enough and resposible enough to work in the factories with them, and help out in bringing in the family's income. They didn't take into account the children's safety at the time because money was so scarce. 
 * **Explain, in detail, what effect changes in Agriculture had on the industrial revolution**?
 * **Predict, what effect might the shift from Cottage industries to factories have on the lives of textile workers and on towns and cities**.
 * **Evaluate how you think people justified the use of children doing hard labor in cold mines.**


 * Spread of the Industrial revolution beyond England: **




 * **Link the graphic above to your Industrialization Wiki Page**
 * **Analyze the** **graphic**
 * **Identify and list 5 key factors you learned from the graphic in your wiki below the graphic**
 * **Explain why each was important**

1. Coal and iron resources in other countries isolated from each other-This was important because these were the main energy sources for factories/industries in Britain during the Industrial Revolution. 2. Britain tries to keep their technology from spreading beyond Britain-This was important because in doing this, Britain was preventing other countries from getting ideas from their technology, and competing with them. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Competition from Britain drains needed money from other countries-This was important because <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Resistance to Industrial Revolution in countries seeing squalor of British cities-This was important because <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Economic disunity and internal tolls and in fragmented countries-This was important because

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Thesis statement for: **__The industrial revolution had a major impact on how people worked and lived. Explain the major advantage and disadvantage of the Industrial Revolution.__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-The continuing changes of the Industrial Revolution brought about many changes, both positive and negative, to society. One major advantage of the movement was the faster mass production in goods, and a disadvantage included the development of child labor in the busy factories.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">media type="custom" key="11321552" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Summary: Since 1850, Britain had been the first and most industrialized country in the world. It drained all other countries from competiting with them because it drained the capital needed for investment in industry from them. Although the Industrial Revolution took the world by storm, and many countries were eager for the changes and development in technology it would bring, some countries were hesistant to the idea of industrialization. They feared losing their jobs to the new, dangerous machines, and the pollution that filled the cramped cities and their apartment buildings. Crystal Palace, a magnificent structure of iron and glass covering 19 acres and even enclosing the trees of Hyde Park, along with The Great Exhibition, symbolized the completion of Britain's industrializationand the beginning of the spread of industry to other parts of Europe and the world. Eventually, industrialization spread from Britain to other parts of the world, starting with Belguim with its coal and iron deposits. Other countries, such as Japan, that had isolated themselves Western influences, proved themselves to be at the top of the industrialization game in 1900.

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//** Based on your reading and note-taking complete the following activitiy in your wiki: **//


 * If you were the financial adviser for a country, which economic view would you support and why? Use evidence from your reading and notes to support your answer **.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If I was a financial advisor for a country, I would support capitalism for various reasons. Communism seems too much like a utopia, it does not seem real because it does not even work well since man is not selfless. Man is not perfect, therefore there is a tendency to freeload or otherwise take advantage of the system. For communism to work you would need to make sure that everybody was doing their fair share. You would need a system of points, to make sure everybody is doing their part. People then work to earn points, so that they can justify receiving their share -- or else they don't get their share, or they go to jail, or they're kicked out of the community. Capitalism allows people to starve and suffer. However, unlike communism, capitalism allows people to better themselves and their situation. Capitalism also allows people to ensure a better future for their offspring, and to contribute surplus resources to organizations that they believe in. It is not a perfect system, but then again, no system is.

Daily Life in the Late 1800s (273-278)

How did Cities grow and change in the late 1800s?

What developments affected education, leisure, and the arts?

**Read //Cities Grow and Change//** in your textbook or in on line book found on pages 275-276 and copy and paste the following questions to answer in your wiki: 1. **How did cities grow and change in the late 1800s**? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Cities experienced urbanization-the growth in proportion of people living in towns and cities. This included the development of factories in order to increase mass production of goods, electric streetcars running in the busy streets, and a high population density. Cities served the purpose to provide military, trade, political, and religious functions for factories. Although the creation of these factories was benefitial, they also had some negative aspects, more importantly being the heath issues they caused. The smoke produced from the factories' machines polluted the air of cities, posing a health risk to the citizens. Also, because so many people moved to the city for jobs, there was an overpopulation, causing the cities to become crowded, dirty, and disease-filled. The housing tenements that the people lived in were also cramped, often with unsanitary conditions. 2. **Why did people migrate to cities**? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The main reasons people migrated to cities were for job opportunities. They also moved overall to have a better life; escape hunger, political oppression, or discrimination (this included immigrants). Job opportunities in the countryside began to decrease, and more people moved to the cities to find jobs in facotories in order to support their families. 3. **Describe the conditions that made cities more livable**? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Many changes were made to cities to make them healthier places to live in. Cities improved their water and sewer systems, which provided safer, cleaner water. It eliminated the spread of various diseases. New electrical inventions were also made to make housekeeping an easier task. Electric stoves,refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners were invented. Cities became cramped because many people started moving from traditional rural areas there. New forms of transportation such as subways were created to reduced the amount of people in the streets.

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