what do you know about the industrial revolution?

Question

This was a great time in history and has had many effects. But what do we really know about it. How it started and what came of it? Do we still use the methods from back then?

Answer 1

Well, it started in England...Enclosures were being created and advances in agriculture were made. A method called crop rotation was practiced which made harvests more efficient. This movement was called the agricultural revolution, which played a part in the beginning of the industrial revolution. However, the first actual industry to enter the industrial revolution was the textile industry. There was the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, the spinning mule, etc., which allowed textiles to be made more quickly as well as in greater quantities. Factories began forming and new methods of energy such as water and steam arrived. This brought about advances in transportation. Even though technological advancements were made, the industrial revolution was also negative. Cities were crowded and filthy, unsanitary, and polluted. Supply-and-demand for housing was not adequate. Many working conditions were harmful to employees. They worked from early in the day to late at night, factories were dark and it was hard to see, tired workers were often injured and killed in machinery, and debris damaged the eyes and lungs of the workers. Since that time, technology has improved even more, although there are some inventions still in use.

Answer 2

It basically started in the area where I live (Yorkshire, England) with the railways, roads, canals, mills, textiles, steel, iron and so on - all from around these parts.

Being a part of the local history it's something that people round here know quite a bit about, plus it's taught in schools and round here you don't have to go far to see the original buildings and workings.

In fact, I only have to look up from the computer screen to see the results of the industrial revolution. The house I'm in would probably have belonged to a quarry or pit (mine) owner about 200 years ago (the quarry has long since gone) and if I look out of the window and down the valley there are various mill buildings, railways and canals in the distance.

Answer 3

It mostly industrialized the north. Factories were built in the north and things that used to be done by hand started to be done by machine. It didn't effect the south very much, but the cotton gin was an exception!

Answer 4

many countries are experiancing their own industrial revolution at the moment.

in britain it refers to the period in the 17th/18th century when the country moved from mostly agrairian, with cottage industry to mostly urban and industrialised.

the principle features of that, automation, increases of scale, setting up of global markets for commodities and processed goods, forms a framework for what is happening in many places today.

Answer 5

It started in the UK.

The development of techniques for theproduction of steel meant that more precise equipment was possible and the invention of the steam engine allowed mass production.

the donimance of the UK navy allowed the whole scale pillaging of goods spices, herbs etc. from across the world and provided huges sums of money to industrialize.

Answer 6

Pollution

Answer 7

For the rich folk it meant higher living quality, for the poor folk it meant lower living conditions, and less jobs.

Answer 8

Here is a great website to go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution

It has all the answers you need and more!