Industrialization, or the process of developing and increasing the production of various industries, has been a highly controversial subject since its beginning in the mid-eighteenth century. Hated by the romantics and loved by the economists, industrialization was a necessary step from the past into the present. In addition to adding jobs to the market and proving that population could undergo exponential growth, industrialization caused a boom in the creation of towns. As factories sprang up along rivers, previously small towns such as Liverpool and Manchester grew massively in size almost overnight. In fact, the town of Manchester is considered a perfect model for early and middle industrial life. Over time, Manchester, like all other industrial towns, grew and changed to adapt to various social and political outcries of the time. Manchester, over the course of 100 years, grew from a small town to a booming city that perfectly exemplified the industrial era. The first part in looking at Manchester as an example of an industrial town would be to examine the issues associated with it. Between the years of 1750 and 1850, the city of Manchester increased in size by at more than 3 times. In addition to this massive increase in area, the city of Manchester constructed a new canal network that spanned the entire area of the city. Manchester also showcased a system of railroads into and out of the city (Document 1). Since cities are often built to accommodate increased population, one can safely assume that this gargantuan growth is associated with a similar increase in population. The English romantic poet Robert Southey expressed this when he described the cramped, depressing, and not beautiful conditions within the city. Mr. Southe... ... middle of paper ... ...sed, and the overall health of the general populace is up. In addition, the profits from the industrialization of Manchester had been used to create public areas that would have made many socialists of the time happy (Document 10). All of these documents show the reforms that had been made to counter the complaints of socialists and romantics in relation to industrialization. In 1832, the Reform Bill granted suffrage to many middle class men in Manchester. This shows the changes in England, and in Europe at the time. In this way, and in the development of industry, Manchester can serve as a general template for the development of industrial cities throughout the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century. The development of industry in Europe led to the industry and technology present in the human eye today. The only question is: What will come next?
The Industrial Revolution stimulated new ways of advancing technology as it spread throughout Great Britain. The issues raised by the growth of Manchester demonstrate the struggles of the working class and the devastating impact of industrialization on the environment and the will of the
The issues raised by the growth of Manchester in the year of 1750s to 1850s were the short lifetime of the people of Manchester compared to other industrial districts and rural districts and the diseases that resulted in many deaths. With the growth of Manchester, there had aroused many negative responses. Negatives responses were mostly of the unappealing appearance of Manchester, an extreme displeasure toward the Corn Law, and the negative view from the Blackfriars bridge over the River Irwell. While there were negative reactions, there has risen positive reactions in the growth of Manchester such as the improved way of life and how conditions improved with the Hours of Labor in Factories Act.
Industrialization is growing cities and population, and making factories to mass produce. Andrew Carnegie is a man who went from rags to riches on his own and become #1 in mass producing steel.
The industrial cities that spawned during and after the birth of the Industrial Revolution were very different from the cities that existed before to the revolution. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, cities were a market where trade goods could be bought and sold. Trappers and hunters would come into towns to sell their goods to shoppers who were eager to obtain these items. Blacksmiths and barbershops, saloons and banks, farmers and stable masters were typically the primary typical businesspersons within a typical pre-industrial revolution city. The traditional American city went through many drastic changes in a short period of time during the Industrial Revolution, and would never be the same. Some may claim that American cities during the Industrial Revolution were suffering due to the sudden growth that they were experiencing. Although American cities were in fact riddled with problems during the Industrial Revolution, the innovations to solve these problems would change the shape of America forever, for the better.
Some people conveyed the idea that the effects of the growth of Manchester were positive. Thomas B. Macaulay, a liberal Member of Parliament said that “people live longer” and he attributed the longer life to people being fed, clothed, and lodged(doc. 3). Macaulay also said that the improvements were “owing to the national increase in wealth which the manufacturing system has produced” (doc3). He also compared a cottage to a factor...
Although the Industrial Revolution contributed to life in Great Britain in both positive and negative ways, the origin of the industrialized society bestowed the foundation for the modern world. Contributing to life in Britain by making products and goods more affordable to common citizens and boosting the national economy, the growth of industrialization had an overall upbeat effect on the historical past. Equally, the renovated social class divisions altered the existing layout of ancient civilizations. Seeing that industrialization was benefiting Great Britain, many other countries soon began to replicate the prosperous routine. Industrial developments in the United States and continental Europe were inspired by the booming success of industrialization in relationship to Great Britain’s economy, political state, and social class divisions.
Introduction The industrial revolution took place between 1750 and 1850 all round the world. In this essay it describes the changes made in Middlesbrough in this period and how the managed to cope with the surge of people coming into Middlesbrough. Everything changed in Middlesbrough in the Industrial Revolution like mining, transport, agriculture and even technology. Population grew at great rate as there was plenty of work and cheap labour was readily available.
During the course of the nineteenth century, Manchester, England, became a leading textile manufacturing center after its first mechanized cotton mill and the world’s first industrialized city. As a result of the tremendous growth its population increased from 18,000 in 1750 to over 300,000 by the census of 1851, much of this made up of the working class and immigrants. As seen in History of Manchester, there is a massive development growth throughout the whole city in just a hundred years (doc.1). In the 1832 Reform Bill, Manchester was granted representation in Parliament and middle-class men received the vote. Manchester was also granted a royal charter, after Queen Victoria’s visit in 1851. Although the industrialization of Manchester
The Industrial Revolution was a fundamental change in the production of goods that altered the life of the working class. Similar to most other historical turning points, it had skeptics, or people that doubted the change, and fanatics, people who saw the value in the change being made. The Industrial Revolution and the period that followed shortly after highlight these varying opinions, as people were more conflicted than ever about the costs of industrialization. While Industrialization started in England as an attempt to capitalize on the good fortune they had struck, it quickly developed into a widespread phenomenon that made the product of goods more exact and controlled by higher level people. Many industries, such as the cotton and textile
The Industrial Revolution began in England during the late 1700s, and by the end of its era, had created an enormous amount of both positive and negative effects on the world in social, economic, and even political ways. The revolution began to spread across the world, raising the standard of life for the populations in both Europe and North America throughout the 1800s. However, even with all of its obvious benefits, its downsides are nonnegotiable, forcing workers into horrendous living and working conditions, all inside of unkempt cities. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of the railroad system, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s
middle of paper ... ... These three are a great answer to how was the process of industrialization and subsequent urbanization that began in England in the 18th Century a problem, progress, AND promise? After reading this Historical Analysis, I hope you have learned why the Water Frame, Steam Engine and the Sewing Machine were great inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Works Cited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVomz8TXrqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVomz8TXrqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFo_FnozIM8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML8CMNzW6Tg
O'Brien, Patrick, and Roland Quinault, eds. The Industrial Revolution and British Society. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1993. Print.
The Industrial Revolution was a time of immense changes that occurred in the manufacturing process, transportation means, and economy of the agriculture, textile, and metal industries in England, turning it into “the workshop of the world”
The industrial revolution of 17th and 18th centuries saw the transformation of Britain from a Neolithic nation into an industrious nation. However, this spread quickly throughout the world, introducing the modernisation of agriculture, revolution in power and manufacturing of textile.
The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850 where agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and technology went through a period of significant change. These changes had a profound impact on the social and cultural conditions of the time, beginning in the Untied Kingdom and spreading throughout Western Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. The Industrial Revolution, considered a major turning point in history, effected almost every aspect of daily life; through new discoveries in technology came new jobs; through new jobs came new working conditions; through new working conditions came new laws and new politics, the repercussions of which extend to today. As Crump emphasizes: ‘The world as we have come to know it in the twenty-first century is impossible to understand without looking at the foundations laid – mainly in the English-speaking world of the eighteenth century – in the course of what is now known, but not then, as the ‘Industrial Revolution’ .