Unit 3 Essay 2

Lusiana Medina
11-3-15/ Block 3
Unit 3 Essay 2

Have you ever thought of changing the way your lifestyle and making it more
productive in a way that will be more modern and developed? The Industrial
Revolution was a time in history that transmitted new manufacture processes. It
happened between the 18th and 19th centuries when rural societies in Europe and
America became industrial and urban. There where big changes that led to the
Industrial Revolution. The industrial revolution brought the invention of machine to
do work of hand tools; the use of steam, and later of other kinds of power, in place
of the muscles of human beings and of animals; and the adoption of the factory
system.
The Industrial Revolution came gradually. It happened in a short span of time,
however, when measured against the centuries people had worked entirely by
hand. Until John Kay invented the flying shuttle in 1733 and James Hargreaves the
spinning jenny 31 years later, the making of yarn and the weaving of cloth had been
much the same for thousands of years. By 1800 a host of new and faster processes
were in use in both manufacture and transportation. This changed peoples lives.
Great Britain was the first country to industrialize. Great Britain had all the
resources needed including coal, water, iron ore, harbors, and banks. They also had
all the factors of production: land, labor(workers), and capital(money). An inventions
created in these times was the steam engine. The steam engine was used to run
factories, improved transportation, allowed people to send goods quicker over rivers
and canals. It set up the worlds first rail road line, helped businesss , and created
thousands of jobs.
One way that industrial revolution changed the living conditions and life
styles was the families went from working on farms to working in factories. Living

Unit 3 Essay 2

Lusiana Medina
11-3-15/ Block 3

conditions were poor, diseases, overcrowded, no laws, no trash, and the people
would throw stuff out the window causing all these diseases and deaths. The
importance of the railroads in the growth of the cities in Europe and the United
States was the roads and railroads were moving goods more efficiently. Railroad
created more jobs and less expensive transportation made goods cheaper to buy.