The Most Revolutionary Revolution
A.K.A The Industrial Revolution
Great Britain
The British Isle, at the time encompassing England, Scotland and Wales, was the first of many societies to experience industrialization. Britain had many favorable condition, that led them down the path of the Industrial Revolution. The first of these conditions was the surplus of agriculture. The ability for one man to create enough food for hundreds led to job specialization, and people began to explore many new fields of work. Artisans and engineers began to explore the possibilities of new forms of energy, coal and petroleum being the two leading possibilities. With these news forms of energy came new machinery to make work and production cheaper, easier and more profitable. One of the major inventions was the steam engine, the engine powered machinery needed for production of many goods. More innovations came to the textile industry, such as the flying shuttle and the power loom, and with these innovation Britain gained a large amount of wealth. The new income of wealth allowed for exploration into other aspects of industry, which also brought more wealth. The government and the people supported the movements and helped support the introduction of industry.
Cotton Industry
The Cotton Industry was one of the first to see many new innovation of industrialization. As the Industrial Revolution grew so did the Cotton Industry. Cotton was much cheaper to produce than wool, and became much more popular. The Cotton Industry was first worked by many people cleaned the cotton by hand, then spun it into stands of fabric, and finally weaved it into the textiles and clothes for the general public. When industrialization began machines did much of the work in the cotton industry and allowed for the need of less laborers. Some of the inventions being the Cotton Gin, the Mule, and the Power loom. As time went of innovations were made to the machines and production increase while cost decreased.
Population
During the industrial Revolution the population grew all over the world. With such large populations came migration. People migrated from rural to urbanized areas, and even to different countries in search of opportunities. At first city life was not great, with a large amount of pollution, inadequate sewage and poor house. These condition led to an increase in the spread of disease, but despite this the technological advancements counteracted the effects on mortality rate. As time passes the housing and sewage get better and living standards become more enjoyable.
Capitalism
The basis behind a capitalist economy stems from the newfound free market economy, allowing anyone to buy and sell to and with anyone they please. Also, a sense of business ambition and achievement felt by individuals seeking the so called "American Dream" drove the new system of capitalism to becoming popular. Individuals across the board were infatuated with the idea of capitalism and free enterprise because it did not exclude any socioeconomic classes in the industrial realm. It was universal that a man of any origins, be they rich or poor, educated or not, could make their way up the ladder and become financially successful. Overall, the idea of capitalism drove individual businesses to compound their efforts with other companies all in self driven attempts to enhance their own lot in life, regardless of the quality of those beneath them. Which is more or less the 21st century adaptation of Capitalism.
Spread of Industrialization
Later in the move to Industry many countries began to experience the Revolution. Countries like Japan and Russia were some of these. The governments of Japan and Russia pushed toward industrialization for power. Russia worked at their railway system vigorously, and soon had 58,000 km of railway. Also by the 1900's Russia produced one half of the worlds oil. Japans government also pushed for industry for the same reasons as Russia, wealth and power.
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