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Industrial Revolution (Long Term Affects (Technology made life easier,…

- - - - Working conditions were incredibly dangerous, both from opaque safety guidelines and hazardous, if not deadly, machinery.
      - Factories bolstered crime
      - Unhealthy air
      - Monotonous jobs (damaging to mental health)
      - Disease spread easily
      - Pressured into giving false testimonies towards the realities of conditions
      - Beaten
      - Mentally and emotionally scarring
      - Worked long hours with very little breaks (often up to 16 hours)
      - Kids started working as young as 6 years old
      - Many became crippled
      - Very few were educated and taken care of. Most child laborers received little to no human rights
  - - - Rebellion between 1811 - 1816
      - The skilled laborers fought back
      - Textile laborers destroyed textile machineries because they were afraid it would take their jobs.
      - Named after Ned Ludd, a mythical figure living in Sherwood Forest
      - People were afraid that the idea of this movement would spread
      - Portrayed as violent rebels
    - - Realized that factory owners would contie to take advantage of workers
      - People with lots of money control the government and laws. They use this power to keep them in power.
      - People who revolted or asked for better conditions were fined, thrown in jail, or fired.
      - Factories rely on lower class to work.
      - Uniting as a group to press demands on bossesas one unit. What one worker gets, they all get.
      - All the workers, together, could strike to stop working and shut down production.
      - No workers - No production - No money: This affected factory workers
      - Labor unions were created
    - - As Unions gained power, they pressured the government to pass laws protecting workers.
      - Limited the hours of work day
      - Set starting age limits for child labor
      - Gave women and children legal protection
    - - Uniting as a group to press demands on bossesas one unit. What one worker gets, they all get.
      - All the workers, together, could strike to stop working and shut down production.
      - No workers - No production - No money: This affected factory workers
      - Labor unions were created
    - - Factory owners could not replace workers fast enough.
      - Workers could communicate and plan because they all worked in the same factory
      - Labor leaders had gained experience.
  - - - If workers were kept weak, then they couldn't revolt
- - - - Sheep: Important for textile production, a huge source of income for the country’s economy.
      - Rivers and Canals: Allows for an easy way to import and export goods.
      - Coal: Used to fuel machines and factories.
      - Iron: Used to build and create machines for factories and transportation.
      - Crops: The more crop production, the higher the population and the higher the population the more workers the country had.
  - - - Population Growth - More customers and workers
  - - - Banks and Loans
- - - - Economic System where the government controls trade
      - Used so the government can amass wealth
  - - - Economic system based on competition, private property, and pursuit of profit
      - Free market economy
      - Little government control
      - People are able to do what they want to make money
      - People start making cheap products for more money
      - Adam Smith
        
        Laissez Faire Capitalism
        
        People should be in charge of their own fate
        
        People should make selfish choices because it will eventually benefit everyone
        
        Opposed the government helping the poor
        
        Three Laws
        
        Law of self intrest: People make choices based off of self gain. Whatever benefits yourself the most.
        
        Law of competition: People will improve goods and services to win customers. Do what you can to sell the most and make the most.
        
        Law of supply and demand: People will make what people want.
        
        Believed that people go to work, not out of the goodness of their heart, but for money
      - Benefits
        
        People love capitalism because they have the opportunity to get incredibly rich or stay rich
        
        They aren’t restrained by the government, they can get rich doing what they want.
      - Downside
        
        People may hate Capitalism because it builds up a wealth gap between the rich and poor.
        
        You win or lose.
        
        Lack of regulation also allows for scamming, fraud, and questionable actions.
      - People who are willing to work for the cheapest salary gets the job
      - Winners and Losers
        
        Winners: Factory managers, owners, and overseers
        
        Losers: Laborers and workers
      - Social Unrest
        
        Masses of working poor with no future and little to lose
        
        No legal protection for workers
        
        An economy based on the labor of the lower class
        
        A government turning away from mercantilism
  - - - The idea that there would always be class conflicts between the rich and poor
- - - - Heavy pollution from factories
        
        Because houses were built around factories, homes were polluted
      - Cities were built to no plan
        
        Too many buildings were built creating crowded cities
        
        Contributed to the fast spread of fires.
        
        No space for recreation
      - Over population
        
        Disease spread quickly
        
        Cholera, Diptheria, and Scropfula
        
        Crowded houses
      - Housing
        
        Covered in raw sewage
        
        Dark
        
        Crowded
        
        Unsanitary
      - People were unhappy
        
        Money prioritized comfort, health, safety, and happiness
    - - Some cities were built on factories and producing goods
      - Some cities were built on ports and trade