Events that Change the World
JaShavea Everett
American Intercontinental University
Professor Whitehead

Events that Change the World In the very end of the 18th century, a revolution occurred, and it took the world by storm; and they weren’t ready for it. The revolution was not one to that had to deal with anything necessarily politics, but in the future would lead to many findings later in its place of existence. The revolution had no cultural or social impact; this revolution was economic. The Industrial Revolution changed the world. It changed the way the world’s production of their goods. The IR changed the societies in the times back then; it went from being agriculture society, to then being taken over by manufacturing. The IR began in Great Britain, in the middle of the 18th century, when they were the most powerful force in the world. It was hard to even imagine that Britain was leading this revolution, they had the most wealth. Shortly after England was adopted, other countries began to play a part in the IR, countries like Germany, France, and the United States. During the time of the IR people began to invent new technology, and thus far technology began to advance and this bought the coming forth, cultural problems, as well as socioeconomic. The steam power was one of the biggest advancements in technology. Fuels like coal and petroleum were included in the newly steam engines. This invention revolutionized many of the industries, including manufacturing (Owen). Furthermore, this led to a new form a new communication, the telegraph was invented. Communicating across the ocean was much easier, and faster. But, with this great advance in technology, this caused cultural and socioeconomic problems for the people. The city’s populations begin to growth rapidly during the IR. Most people were forced to go to look for work in the city, and in turn ended up living there, but were unable to support themselves and family. With the new industrial era, a new view of the world took place. The people of the world had to consume as much as they could. In the world today, this still exists. Living on little to no money, the children were then forced to work in factories for longs days and hours. And, during this time much international strife was happening. The American Revolution was happening at the beginning time of the Industrial Revolution. The French Revolution was in the process of happening at the beginning of the 19th century. At this time, it was good for the people; new found democratic rights had swept over North America and Europe. The Industrial Revolution was not good for the planet. From the time the Industrial Revolution started, the factories, and the industry increased the carbon dioxide in the air by two times (Paul & Stuart). The Industrial Revolution was beneficial to the growth of the world from the 1800s to the present day now. Sacrifices were made, and this allowed technology advancements during the time of the Industrial Revolution, and the end result, create happiness, life opportunities; and overall definite amelioration of life. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, many hard times had to be overcome, causing a great sadness to most of the people. Religion was lost, patience was lost, and a time of oppression covered the people of Europe. When people created new inventions to grow the producing and more producing of goods, which supplied the people of Europe, almost everyone was forced to start a new job in the factory. This is just a few of the tough times that most of the hardworking, loyal citizens were faced with. The reverberations of these new inventions started a dramatic plummet of the life expectancy of an average citizen to an alarming odd number of years ago (Owen). Small children and women worked up to 16 hours a day, doing labor that forced them to carry heavy materials, and caused them serious injuries. The work that they performed earned them little to no money, about five shillings per week, and sometimes it was split among all the children that worked in the factory. Anyone can see the negative aspects of this terrible event. Although, if anyone looks into everything that happened during the Industrial Revolution, and all the aspects that led up to it, the positive aspects would outweigh all of the negative aspects. Many citizens’ lives changed outside of working in the factories. The Industrial Revolution benefited the people, mainly because of mass-production, many goods became available. Because of mass-production, prices dropped and made it easy for the many that were struggling. With mass-production came more job opportunities for the people, this helped the many of the people that were looking for jobs. They had a better chance of finding work. New ideas, and with the many new inventions, the quality of life was looking better. Education was made available for the children, transportation was provided so the people could get around, and medicine products for the sick were introduced. Americans started to find themselves with more free time. Money for employment started to increase, and health care became available, and in the long run money was awarded to the people who retired. These aspects of the revolution benefited the people as a nation, and it made them happy, and the government was safe; they didn’t have to fear that their people wouldn’t listen. Without the inventions, technology, and the changes that were placed to shape this society, the world wouldn’t be where it is now today. If there were no labor laws and the health care benefits, life expectancy would have decreased. Our lives would not be integrated with the technology that we have cars, airplanes or computers. If the growth of industrialization hadn’t occurred, these inventions would be pointless, and farms would be the primary place of employment for the people. Our lives with the effects of the industrialization are much better. If we step back and view the revolution as a whole, in the start people were struggling, and suffering due to the change and growth; they had to sacrifice. As the time went by people earned benefits and their lives were good. Working was not boring, and less stressful, and the workers had free time. The world that we live in today is the world that we live in today, due to the times that the people endured back then. The technology industry has taken over the world, to the point where without it we wouldn’t be able to survive. With the help of the people from hundreds of years ago, there sacrificing and hard times; the worlds progress continues.

References
Owen, J.S. (2009)
Retrieved from http:// U.S. history.org/the industrial revolution
Stuart & Paul (2011)
The Industrial Revolution changed American (2011, pgs, 44-105)
DeLay, D.
Experience History Interpreting America’s Past (pgs, 68-201)