Negative Impact of the Industrial Revolution

There was many positive and negative effects during the Industrial Revolution but most of them were negative for factory workers. During that time there were many factory owners that needed workers so there was gonna be a lot of job opening and that meant that some young children had to start working at a young for their families. That also meant that there was gonna be a lot of black pollution that was bad for adults and children. With the result of that the death rates increased.
Many people started working very young and they did not get a lot of sleep and also did not get treated very well. In document one Sadler Committee interviewed one of the workers named William Cooper and he stated “I started to work when I was ten years

of age.” Sadler also asked him “what means were taken to keep you awake and attentive?” Cooper answered “at times we were frequently strapped” (document one). They started working so young they never had time for school. They should have let the workers have a break instead of hitting them and miss treating them. This led up to a revolutionary time period as to where children worked instead of getting their education.
A lot of children were going to the factories instead of getting their education. In document three Andrew Ure wrote how he visited many factories and stated “I never saw a single instance of corporal chastisement [beating] inflicted on a child.” The children should not even be in the factories as a result the black smoke is not good for them because they can get lung cancer and factories are just not a safe environment for kids to be in. For a factory owner that would be a positive effect because they can make more money if the children start young. This led up to a revolutionary time period as to where the death rate increased.
So many people were dying from lung cancer and getting sick that it was just really bad. In document thirteen Joseph Hebergam states, “people have damaged lungs.” The dust and pollution caused people to get sick. To many people were dying.
At the end the Industrial Revolution had many positive and negative effects but mostly negative that made many young children work at a young age and so that meant there was gonna be a lot of black smoke from the factories and all that lead up to people dying.