Industrial Revolution

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1. Essay on the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools, and hand made items to machine
manufactured and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life, but also hindered it as well. Pollution, such as
co2 levels in the atmosphere rose, working conditions declined, and the number of women and children working increased.
The government, the arts, literature, music and architecture and man's way of looking at life all changed during the period.
Two revolutions took place, both resulting in productive but also dire consequences.

Before the first industrial revolution, England's economy was based on its cottage industry. Workers
would buy raw materials from merchants, take it back to their cottages, hence the name, and produce the
goods at their home. It was usually was owned and managed by one or more people, who were generally
close to the workers. There was a good worker/boss relationship, which was demolished and destroyed
by capitalism. This industry was efficient but the workers, productivity was low, making costs higher. The
longer it took one person to manufacture a product, the higher the price. Subsequently, goods were high in
price and exclusive only to the wealthy people.

The year was 1733, the demand for cotton cloth was high, but production was low. This crisis had to be solved or
England's economy would be hindered. The answer came from a British weaver, John Kay, who invented and fashioned the
flying shuttle, which cut weaving time in half. John Kay was a pioneer and his invention paved the way for numerous
inventors. Although at first, many workers didn't accept machines, in fact, many inventions were destroyed, but what was
inevitable, couldn't be stopped. The machines had made their way to England, and nothing could ...