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    Pros and Cons of The Industrial Revolution A contradiction is a direct opposition between commodities being compared. For example, Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the best of times it was the worst of times… it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness…” (Dickens 1). In the opening of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote this, referring to the contradiction of the French Revolution in which there were beneficial and destructive outcomes.The French Revolution had left behind new

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    The Industrial Revolution, lasting between the 18th and 19th century, profoundly affected the people of Europe, North America, and other regions of the world. The revolution produced new exciting technological innovations. As a result, the socioeconomic climate and cultural aspects of Europe and North America were altered in an unprecedented manner. Industrial opportunities also lured the population away from agrarian lifestyles to more urban populaces. The Industrial Revolution extensively changed

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    The inventions in Great Britain were also significant for the Industrial Revolution. Having gained knowledge and experimented, many inventors began pushing for a more efficient production. For example, Samuel Greg gathered in a small factory for new spinning machines and used energy from the water to power these machines. The mechanization of cotton spinning a novel cotton mill now ran on the nearby source of water. However, these new machineries also relied on hundreds of workers, mostly children

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    Industrial revolution was a period of major discoveries, these discoveries took place around the 1700s to 1800s. In this time we saw sewing machines, steam engines and airplanes. This has effected social, as well as culture and economics. These were all huge on society and on the daily grind. some lost jobs, lots gained. The impact of the sewing machine on the world was huge. the sewing machine greatly impacted textile industry as well as women, because women would be working with the textile

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    My group consisted of Lane Davis, Riley Bowen and Abby Avin. We researched the Industrial Revolution which took place throughout 1760 to 1840. I found the Luddites an interesting topic because I didn’t know that there were a group of people who opposed the Industrial Revolution. I learned from Riley that the Luddites were a group of people who were against machines of mass production. This revolt of people began with english textile workers in Nottingham, England. The Luddites disliked machines of

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of great advancements and is essentially the reason why we have all of the things we do today. It originated in Great Britain and it affected everything from the daily lives of people to how items were produced. Before the Industrial Revolution, people worked from their homes using the basic machines and tools there were. But because of the Industrial Revolution, lots of new and efficient machinery was invented, there were more jobs created and everyday lives

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    Industrial Revolution Essay The Industrial Revolution was a significant part in U.S. history. Many inventions were created that help us in present day. Also the population boomed during this time causing more production to happen and gave people jobs. Although the Industrial Revolution had a negative impact on us because it polluted our skies and lakes, it resulted in child labor to happen, and caused people to get fed less because they had one break out of a long period of time working. The first

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    The Industrial Revolution was an exceptionally large transition throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This Revolution was one that affected the lives of everyone that was involved. The Revolution changed social and living conditions, as well as led to an increase in the human population, where many people moved into more urban areas looking for employment. Although the Industrial Revolution created countless opportunities and jobs for the working class, along with advancements in technology, it

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    The Industrial Revolution grows out of changes brought about by the Agricultural Revolution as well as the natural resources, increased food production, growing population and a steady supply of workers in the increasing labor force. Just as earlier changes help bring about this revolution, the Industrial Revolution brings about changes that will lead to new developments such as ideologies, wealth, larger economies, the growth of cities and the problems that also come with large urban populations

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    The industrial revolution had been one of the most important things to happen at that time without the industrial revolution, imagine how different the world we live in would be. Had the industrial revolution not happened we would still be making everything by hand and everything would be built a lot slower. But on the other hand think of it this way, if everything was still made by hand everything would have a greater quality because people would pay closer attention to something they have to build

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