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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (Transportation Revolution (Locomotives: steam…
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Life in the city
Positives: The British economy benefited from the factories.
More people had jobs, less unemployment.
Negatives: In the city there was a lot of pollution, which made people sick. There also was overpopulation to people were always crammed.
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Working conditions
Humid factories had no ventilation, child workers often had no shoes on, workers had no protection from machinery, the dust particles from factories caused respiratory diseases.
Agricultural Revolution
Crop rotations cause more harvests because nutrients aren't limited, more harvests lead to population increase
Jethro Tull's seed drill causes more harvests as the invention gives a chance for more seeds to bloom.
Farmers and Manors
Manors: Rich people that came and bought all the land they could, fired farmers because they came up with new inventions which made farming faster. They made a lot of money and were very successful. They made farming easier.
Farmers: had the choice to either leave or work for the manor, the people who chose to leave left to the cities and worked in factories.
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