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The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution. Consequences & Effects. 1. New leading nations with strong industrial economies. Britain, Germany , France USA , Japan. The Industrial Revolution saw a previously inconsequential part of the world (EUROPE) become the centre of a new worldwide economy.

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The Industrial Revolution

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  1. The Industrial Revolution Consequences & Effects

  2. 1. New leading nations with strong industrial economies • Britain, Germany, France • USA, Japan

  3. The Industrial Revolution saw a previously inconsequentialpart of the world (EUROPE) become the centre of a new worldwide economy.

  4. 2. Riseofcapitalism • Capitalism became the most efficient and productive way to finance a country • Factoryowners and otherswhocontrolledthe means of productionquicklybecameveryrich • Workingclassconditionsbecameworse Greaterclass division

  5. 3. Urbanisation • Factory system  Riseof modern city

  6. Bad livingconditions; small houses, crampedstreets, dampness, opensewers • Chronic hunger and malnutrition • Diseases (TB, lungdiseases, cholera, typhoid)

  7. 4. Population Increase • The population of England and Wales, which had remained steady at 6 million from 1700 to 1740, rose dramatically after 1740. • The population of England had more than doubled from 8.3 million in 1801 to 16.8 million in 1850. • By 1901, had nearly doubled again to 30.5 million.

  8. 5. RoleofWomen • Long working days in the factories • Role of family changed drastically

  9. 6. Child Labour • Limited opportunity for education, and children were expected to work. • Worked in relatively bad conditions for much lower pay than their elders. • Children as young as 4 were employed. • Factory Acts of 1833 and 1844 limited use of child labour.

  10. 7. Organisation oflabour • Concentrationoflabourintofactories, mills and mines Trade unions Strike action • Socialism- Ideaofdividingwealth • Communism(1848)- Marx & Engels: The Communist Manifesto

  11. 8. Luddites

  12. 9. Othereffects • Crime • Alcoholism • Increase in lifeexpectancy • Expansion ofnewspaper and popularbook publishing Rise in literacy

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