Our journey towards change: The Industrial Revolution
From the beginning of the 18th century to early 19th century people relied on farming and other techniques known as the agricultural revolution.
During this time many of the people in Asia and Europe relied heavily on food production so farmers decided to experiment with new techniques. Farmers rotated crops, used new fertilizers, and used new livestock techniques. As a result of these new and innovated farming techniques, the farm production increased significantly.
By the early 18th century there was only one way of transportation between people and raw materials.
During this time because many people relied on a horse drawn carriage for transportation many people turned towards the newly built Oxford Canal. As a result of the canal, the prices of transportation reduced as well as the price of raw materials.
The bubonic plague has spread across Europe and Asia and people need more food and goods to support themselves and their family.
Farmers were supplied with efficient machines that would help them develop food. This new technology included the seed drill and the horse-drawn cultivator which made farming more productive. Because of the effectiveness of the machines, many people started moving toward the countryside.
By the end of the 19th century many people had moved into the cities as the farms had too much population and factory work was available in the city which started the Industrial revolution.
Since entrepreneurs were wealthy they increased the rate of manufacturing goods like the steam engine which led to the promotion of urbanization. Urbanization of the city was caused by lots of unemployment and shortage of food in the farms. So factories in the city had high openings that promised a good lifestyle which persuaded people as young as 8 into working at factories to manufacture goods.
The lifestyle that the factory companies promised was really far from reality.
Most of the working groups in the factories were underage children. These children faced many unsafe working conditions that affected their health with children being injured usually on the daily and sometimes the factories led to their death. Many of these institutes didn’t treat diseases but were the reason for children getting sick and adapting behaviors like smoking, drinking, and more.
Many people moved into cheap apartment-like buildings which held people until it was too cramped.
During this time dozens of families lived under one roof. This led to the surplus of people in one room because of the cheap prices of the rooms so many people were left without homes.
(13:38-15:40) Women and others decided that it was finally time to reform and strike against the factories.
Many women wanted to have the right to choose whether they worked at home or in the factories to support their family. This protest was also against child labor and the time of hours that these children worked in as well as all of the unsafe conditions that people faced in these factories.
Male laborers in the working class specifically in coal and mining industries did not like the idea of equality between women and themselves in the factories.
During this time men thought that women belonged at home as well as not being capable of doing jobs which included mechanization but working in textile factories. For this reason many women ended up working in factories leading to men towards outrage at the fact that women would take away their money.
(13:38-15:40)Women and others decided that it was finally time to reform and strike against the factories.
Many women wanted to have the right to choose whether they worked at home or in the factories to support their family. This protest was also against child labor and the time of hours that these children worked in as well as all of the unsafe conditions that people faced in these factories.
By the end of the Industrial revolution the parliament decided to take action and make new laws.
As a result of all of the protests led by men and women it was concluded that child labor hours would decrease, children would get proper education needed, and the age of children that worked increased. Men and women roles were controlled so that a man or a woman wouldn’t hold more power than the other.
