History-Industrial+Revolution

__**What is the the Industrial Revolution?**__

The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point of the world that changed the way we work, eat, socialize and basically our point of view in life. The 18th and 19th century is when the Industrial Revolution took place in England which soon spread across continental Europe. Europe had the advantage of this revolution because of four main reasons 1.) they had water power and coal to fuel the new mechines 2.) they had iron ore to to construct machines, tools, and buildings 3.) rivers for inland transportation and 4.) habors from which its merchant ships set sail. The major inventions made durning this time were the steam engine which powered alot of the boats and allowed water transportation, and the Spinning Jenny which made threading much eaiser. Overall, the Industrial Revolution made everything much eaiser and improved the quality of life for many individuals.

__**Has the Industrial Revolution made our Economy better or worse?**__

The Economy has resulted positively due to the Industrial revolution allowing more jobs, food and production. Also, since we are able to improve production we are able to make more money more faster.Mining coal takes an average of 500 billion dollars a year which is mostly replaced by the products and energy used and sold to "the people" which makes it a never ending cycle. New inventions led to increase in production and consumptions of cotton rose during the late 1800s. One negitive affect of the economy during the Industrial Revolution was that people were eaither very weathly or very poor. The factorie workers which were on the bottom of the economic pyrimid and the weathy people which were the middle and upper class full of skilled workers, professionals, businesspeople, and weathy farmers. Due to the Industrial Revolution in current generation we are now able to produce more and make more money which shows an positive affect to now and later generations.



(Bing Images) This image shows how production has grown since 1820s right after the Industrial Revolution took place __**Has the Industrial Revolution made our society better or worse ?**__

Thanks to the Industrial Revolution our society has discoverd a inormuss