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Industrial Revolution & Democratic Reform

Industrial Revolution SETTING

The Industrial Revolution first originated from Britain during the 1700s, eventually spreading out to other European countries and United States, in the range of 1700s through 1900s.

J A M E S WAT T
JAMES WATT, A MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, PONDERED UPON HOW HE COULD MAKE A FASTER AND A MORE EFFICIENT STEAM ENGINE THAT WOULD BURN LESS FUEL. BY 1774, WATT STARTED A BUSINESS WITH MATTHEW BOULTON ON SELLING THE STEAM ENGINE WHICH LATER BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN BRITAINS TRANSPORTATION FOR STEAM BOATS.

M I D D L E C L AS S
THE NEW MIDDLE CLASS THAT FORMED, CHANGED THE GREAT BRITAINS SOCIAL STRUCTURE. THE FACTORY OWNERS, SHIPPERS, AND MERCHANTS WERE GAINING SPLENDID AMOUNTS OF INCOME DUE TO THE POVERTY IN BRITAIN. ALL THESE WEALTHY FACTORY OWNERS SPREAD THEIR POWER IN BOTH SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FIELDS.

S A MU E L S LAT E R
SLATER BEING A BRITAIN MILL WORKER, ESCAPED TO THE U.S AND BUILT A SPINNING MACHINE FROM WHAT HE LEARNED IN BRITAIN. BASING OFF OF SLATERS MACHINES, AMERICANS STARTED THEIR OWN FACTORY INDUSTRIES.

The Problem
Industrial Revolution was a great chance for the poor class, women, and even little children to get a job but also provided such terrible working conditions for them. Many wished to work in the factories at first which caused the urban cities to be over populated. The factory owners started taking advantages of their workers, where the workers were in labor for working for almost 12 hours each day. The little kids werent exceptions either. No matter how dangerous and filthy the working environments were, everyone would me demanded to stay and work their full times in order to get their assigned wages. Someone of the workers were getting too much stress and started abusing the machines in the factories since they didnt find a good purpose for why they had to work so efficiently and get mistreated so much. Ideas such as capitalism and communism arose which eventually led to people having arguments and disagreements due to the fact that people were either divided into social classes depending on their wealth or have unfair ways of earning the money that people deserve/ dont deserve.

G OAL OF IN D US TRI A L REVOLUTI ON

Factory workers The factory workers wished for equal rights and thought it was unfair for them to be working hard and get low wages while the factory owners and merchants do not work like the workers, yet still get all the prots for themselves. Factory owners The factory owners disagreed with the factory owners. The owners thought it was enough for them to provide the workers with work at

least. The factory owners wanted to grow our their incomes and help the Britains economy. Inventors The main goal of the inventors was to create new inventions with technology to benet the Britains economy. They wanted to lead the economy and be a powerful nation.

EVE N T S O F I N DU STRIAL REVOLUTI ON

Industrial Revolution rst began with textile industry. The textile industry included production of clothing and the prots it brought to Britains economy. Followed by the textile industry, agriculture and inventions of transportations are the main events of Industrial Revolution. The enclosure movement and crop rotation helped the farms to increase in size and sped up the income as well. The inventions of

transportations such as the steam engine, railroads spread across other European countries and the U.S. The new middle class that was formed consists of various skillful workers, merchants, and wealthy factory owners. They made a drastic change in both political and social ways.

The Ending
For the numerous problems that voiced our during the Industrial Revolution, few Reform Acts took place as the confirmed resolution. First the Factory Act happened which took care of the age limits ( over age 9 ) for factory workers and also cut down the time spent in the factories. This Act was especially favorable by the women and children working in the factories. The next Act and took place was the Mines Act. The Mines Act was also dedicated for women and little children since the Act prohibited
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women and children from working in the mines due to the dangerous environments. The last Act was the 10 Hours Act. Like the name indicates, the 1o Hours Act stated that children cannot work more than 10 hours each day. Before this Act took place, everyone working in the factories were demanded to work 12 hours each day for 6 days each week but the Act cut down 2 hours for the children.
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Democratic Reform
THE SETTING
The Democratic Reform began in the early 1800s and ended in the early 1900s. The very rst Democratic Reform was during 1832 when the Reform Bill of 1832 happened, demanding for suffrage and other rights for the wealthy middle class to own in the politics.

QU E E N V I C TO R I A
QUEEN VICTORIA CAME TO THRONE WHEN SHE WAS 18 YEARS OLD AND RULED FOR 64 YEARS WHEN IT WAS THE CLIMAX OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. SHE WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT A LESS POWERFUL ROLE FOR THE MONARCHY.

AL FR E D D R E Y F US
ALFRED DREYFUS WAS A JEWISH OFFICER IN THE FRENCH ARMY WHO WAS ACCUSED OF SELLING FRENCH ARMY SECRETS TO GERMANY. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY BUT ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS FRAMED BY THE OTHER ARMY OFFICERS. LATER, A WRITER NAMED ZOLA WROTE AN ARTICLE DEFENDING DREYFUS AND HE EVENTUALLY DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE.

A B R A H AM LINCOLN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA WHEN SLAVERY WAS AT ITS HIGHEST PEEK. LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO STOP SLAVERY AND DEALT DEALT WITH ALL KINDS OF ARGUMENTS INCLUDING THE U.S CIVIL WAR IN A MATURE WAY.

The Problem
Chartist Movement The Reform Bill in 1832 did give some rights for the wealthy middle class men but that was it. The Reform Bill did not effect any other working class men. The Chartist Movement required suffrage for all men and for their votes to be secretive so that nobody will be pressured to over a certain way. Finally, the Parliament respected the Charters requests and made every entreaty come true. Slavery The South and North had different point of views with slavery. The South had no problems with having slaves but the North did not believe there should be slavery. Since the South depended most of their economy on the slaves and the plantation, the North had a stronger economy than the South.America had the U.S Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation to deal with this matter. Womens Suffrage During the 1800s both women living in United States and Great Britain worked to achieve their rights. Many protested but both men and women knew it was radical to break this tradition of women not being powerful in politics. Emmeline Pankhurst formed a Womens Social and Political Union with her daughters and worked even harder to gain rights. Though she was arrested numerous times, she never gave up. In the end, the women suffrage started to gain attention between 1880 and 1914, and gained rights after the World War I.

GO AL O F D EM O C R A TI C R E F O RM

The goal for all women was to gain the rights to vote and equality. Various countries that were a part of the British Empire wanted to stay in the empire but have their own government and be dominion. Countries such as Canada,

Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, the native people spoke against Britain and did not like the fact that the British people were killing the Natives of each countries and trying to expand their culture and lands across.

E V E NTS O F D E M O CR A TI C R E F O R M

1763 - Great Britain defeated France in French and Indian War 1770- James Cook declared Australia and New Zealand for Great Britain 1832- The Reform Bill of 1832 1837- Queen Victoria 1839- Australia and New Zealand became dominions 1838- The Chartist Movement

1867- Working-class Men 1884- Rural Workers

1860- Abraham Lincoln becomes president of U.S 1861- U.S Civil War 1863- Emancipation Proclamation 1894- Dreyfus Affair 1903- WSPU WW1- Women Rights

From the early 1800s into the late 1800s, many inventors such as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Wrights Brothers, Marie Curie, etc invented multiple inventions that were necessary in the humans lives such as the light bulb , airplanes, the sewing machine, etc.

The Ending
Women were finally given equality and suffrage. All the countries that were a part of the British Empire either branched off or remained in the empire but had their own governments and became dominions. Even though the South had superior military leadership, the North had more advantages during the U.S Civil War. The North ended up winning the Civil War and all the states were reunited with no more slavery. America started to modernize as they expanded their land to west and gained wealth. Along with the land and wealth they gained, they needed new recreation. Automobiles and telephones were one of the greatest inventions since it made a difference in our lives even until today with the development we make with those products today.

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