Industrial Revolution Dbq Analysis

The industrial revolution being in Great Britain in 1750, due to the advancement in technology, and it spread throughout the world. Britain’s unique wealth, resources, education, population, and access to trade were a catalyst for the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution caused job openings and production of cheap product for people but also resulted in pollution, crucial, accidents and brutal punishments.

Job openings and Production of cheap product for people became very popular in the industrial revolution, which increased the population in Britain. According to Document 3 it states, “I think that the factory is the best place for me and if any girl wants employment, I advise them to come to Lowell.” Mary Paul loves the factory work and expects all girls to join the job course because the teenage girls will indeed enjoy a job in the textile factory. As stated in Document 2, “Our houses are better built, your clothes are cheaper, you have an infinite numbers of domestic utensils.” The owners in Great Britain increased the amount of product and reduced the cost of the

items due to the positive incomes. Altogether, the positive effects occurred during the industrial revolution, which made Great Britain popular as a whole.
In Great Britain, the air was polluted with all types of disease, chemicals and other dysfunctional illnesses.

According to Document 3, “The cause of the sickness, which is known by the name of “mill fever”, is the contaminated atmosphere produced by so many breathing in a confined space, together with the heat and exhalations of grease and oil and the gas needed to light the establishment”. In the atmosphere, diseases surface the area, which causes many people to die out in the process of just simply breathing in the air. In Document 5 it states, “The only thing that makes factory labor trying is that they are confined for long hours, and deprived of fresh air: this makes them pale, and reduces their vigorous, but it rarely brings disease. Ultimately, these problems occurred though pollution, when people in their society clearly breath in a small portion of the

breeze.
Destructive accidents in Great Britain have impacted society for the worst mostly because of their workplace. According to Document 2 it states, "When she was extricated, every bone was broken- her head dreadfully crushed." Mary was in an accident which looked as a horror scene of child labor because she the type of things in her workplace. According to Document 4 it states,"A child was working wool, that is to prepare the wool for the machine; but the strap caught him, as he was hardly awake, and it carried him into the machinery; and we found one limb in one place, one in another, and he was cut to bits; his whole body went in, and mangled. Child labor cause may children who worked in factories to die in their workplace from accidents but what is seen as a tragedy to other people. Most of the accidents evolve around children in the documents due to amount function in the machines.
Punishment in Britain was crucial and uncalled for only because they weren't sure if the workers were giving their all in their work or doing the job to their ability. According to Document 1 it states, "I have often seen him pull up the clothes of big girls; seventeen or eighteen years of age and throw them across his knees and then flog them with his hand in the sight of both men and boys. The punishment these teenagers received was cruel and shocking to other because men watch women get beat on a regular. According to document 3 it states, "Blincoe complained to Mr.Baker, the manager, and all he said to him was "do your work well, and you'll not be beaten." To a certain extent, it appears to be a dilemma within their workforce or the master just wants nothing but perfect which isn't possible for anyone. The industrial revolution had punishment that was uncalled for and derogatory.