Industrial Revolution

1. Stable Agricultural Society

1.1. Improved food supply

1.2. Improved food quality

1.3. High food supply

2. Labour Surplus

2.1. More jobs

2.1.1. Growth of Middle Class

2.1.2. Skilled workers, professionals, business people, wealthy farmers

2.2. More people to do jobs

2.2.1. men- managers

2.2.2. women and children- manual workers

3. Abundance of Natural Resources

3.1. Increase in agricultural production

3.2. Overexploitation of natural resources

3.2.1. Loss of natural resources

4. Poor Working Conditions

4.1. Injuries caused by machines

4.2. Child Abuse

4.3. Same work

4.4. Strikes

5. Rise of Global Inequality

5.1. Widened gap between industrialized and non- industrialized nations

5.2. Rise of colonization by powerful countries

5.3. Imperialism by powerful countries

6. Divisions between classes

6.1. Rich vs. Poor

6.2. Formation of middle class

6.3. Formation of working class

7. Specialization of Labour

7.1. Assembly line

7.2. Skilled workers

7.3. Increased production rate

8. Rapid Increase of Goods

8.1. Increase life expectancy

8.2. Lower prices of goods

8.3. Increase in education

9. Urbanization

9.1. movement from rural areas to cities

9.2. dependance on services

9.3. increase in population in cities

9.4. lack of services (water) and sanitation

10. Better Transportation

10.1. Faster

10.2. Cheaper

10.3. Better communication

11. Government involvement

11.1. No aid for workers with injuries

11.2. Strong central government support population

11.3. Reforms in democracy

12. Factories

12.1. movement from farms to cities

12.2. women and children cheapest to pay

12.2.1. increase in number of women and children working at factories

12.3. men upset because of loss of jobs

12.3.1. protested and complained

12.4. Cheaper and faster

12.5. Longer hours

12.5.1. no more working from home

13. Improvement in Technology

13.1. Factories for textile industry

13.2. Cheaper

13.3. Quicker

13.4. Increase production rates

14. Family life disrupted

14.1. families separated

14.2. women and children required to work too

14.3. women paid less than men

15. Manual Production not Meeting Needs

15.1. Demand for machinery

15.2. Loss of jobs

15.3. Scarcity in neccessities

15.3.1. Starvation