Industrial Revolution

“In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world.”(Lucy Powell quote). The mass production of goods allowed many countries to industrialize and increase the quantity of machine-made goods. The industrial revolution, starting in Great Britain has set many examples in the world of how we can mass produce a large number of products. This came with a number of positive and negative effects on the world.

The economic part of the Industrial Revolution ties into many different parts of the Industrial Revolution in many different ways. There are many examples of what impacted the development of the

Industrial Revolution, but the major one is mass production. The Mercantile system had many restrictions on the trade. The new way of thinking is laissez faire and that is where the government does not interfere with trade. Small business owners are very successful they get many profits from the workers. Making the many decisions with the resources. “I have visited many factories, both in Manchester and in the surrounding districts, and I never saw a single instance of corporal chastisement [beating] inflicted on a child.

They seemed to be always cheerful and alert, taking pleasure in the light play of their muscles. . . .As to exhaustion, they showed no trace of it on emerging from the mill in the evening; for they began to skip about. . . .It is moreover my firm conviction [opinion] that children would thrive better when employed in our modern factories, than if left at home in apartments too often ill-aired, damp, and cold.” (Noonan 3). As the factories were getting bigger as more people started to urbanize and more people started to buy houses closer to the cities. The small factory owners were the ones that were the most successful because they could move more products in a small amount of time, and that was a very good thing. Moving more products in a short period of time gave the small factory owners the ability to expand bigger or remain small. Larger factories borrowed money and was able to buy larger machinery and hire a larger amount of people to run the machinery to produce more product. When the factories got bigger they needed to have more people working and

that is when they would give more jobs to the ones who were free with their time. This created a large amount of products that were being created rapidly throughout the factories. With all the products moving throughout the factories and being made cheaper it allowed the factory owners to sell the products for cheaper. Soon laws came into play and different things like Laissez faire helped the people because it gave them freedom and the ability to be their own boss. A different example of what made the Industrial Revolution shows more is the steam engine. The steam engine was one of the key components of the Industrial Revolution to make it to success. It was invented in 1770’s era by James Watt and he was a Scottish inventor that came up with the steam powered machinery, engines, and ships. The many inventions that occurred during this time set as a stepping stone to Revolution and anll of the new development of transporting methods.
The political effects of the Industrial Revolution showsed very early because everything changed drastically within a short amount of time.

Population doubled. The poor families sent children to work. Government had to develop labor laws. Keep the children out of the factories and make higher wages for the workers. People were working long hours. People’s health was poor due to environment. Coal was the main source of fuel. The smoke was hazardous to people’s health. The government developed labor laws keep children out of the factories. The government brought higher wages due to ongoing strikes. Entrepreneurs needed help from banking institutions to help secure capital in their business. The Alexander Hamilton bank of the U.S. received a special national charter from the U.S. congress in 1791 which allowed 8 branches of banks to open in the main cities at the national level. Later the federal government did not renew the charter. The banks changed from the national level to the states. More banks opened in

1811.
There are some negative effects of the Industrial Revolution, but overall the people had better living and a more efficient method of doing things. “Our houses are better built, your clothes are cheaper, you have an infinite number of domestic utensils. You can travel cheaply from place to place, and not only travel at less expense, but travel ten times quicker than two hundred years ago.” (Noonan 4). The world had started to industrialize many people started to move closer and closer to the bigger cities. The bigger cities provided better housing, more jobs for the people, and a easier way to travel places. People had many resources in the cities, unlike what they would have if they lived in the countryside. The people who lived closer to the cities had a better way to get different tools for fixing things and they could communicate with other people a lot easier than they could in the countryside. “The others live with their parents in the village and have a weekly allowance for their work. The healthy appearance of these children has frequently attracted the attention of the traveler. Special regulations, adopted by Mr. Dale, have made this factory very different from the others in this kingdom. Out of the nearly 3000 children employed in the mills from 1785 to 1797, only fourteen have died.” (Noonan 5). The factories that are provided throughout the cities and small villages give the people a better way of life. Working in these factories gives the kids a good healthy appearance to all, and allows them to have a little extra spending money. The kids that work for their parents get a small pay for their labor and don’t have the capabilities that the kids that work in the factories have. The workers in the factories have many safety precautions they use on a daily bases that is important to their well being working in the factories so no one dies.
Throughout the Industrial Revolution there has been many points of why it has overall been a positive effect on the world. The social, political, and economic part of the Industrial Revolution show you the positive things that came from the Revolution. After hours upon hours of research on the Industrial Revolution my research has found that the Industrial Revolution was in fact a positive impact on the world. The many inventions and innovations that occurred during this time with the living conditions, transport, and machinery has set an example to the people around the world today to inspire them to create new things. The enormous things that are being created today by all the masterminds in the modern day world have a relevance to what was invented in the past. All of the creations from the past has influenced the world in many different ways and has been affected by the Industrial Revolution