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Industrial Revolution - Coggle Diagram
Industrial Revolution
Consequences
Lives of People
As industrialization occurred, cities got overcrowded and people lived in unsanitary conditions and would drink water mixed with human waste for example, this would lead to lots of diseases.
Economic Instability
A concept emerged known as businesses cycles and when it was the downward of this cycle many people faced unemployment.
Family Life
As a result, families were forced to worked together as a domestic unit, and weren't able to experience other things of life. For example, kids didn't have education, etc.
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Economic Liberalism
Ecomonic liberlism became popular as economic decisions are made by the individual, not an organization
Changes
Energy Revolution (coal)
Coal was a cheap and easy way o acquire fuel. Also The development of factories by Arkwright and the improvement of the steam engine by Watt further increased demand for coal.
Cotton
Cotton became a very profitable crop so creations like the spinnging wheel, the cotton gin and the water frame.
Agricultural Revolution
Farming techniques increased production of crops and livestock as well which led to food production.
Steel
Industries became popular and production and availability of steel bloomed, also railways, roadways and waterways were improved and required steel.
Expansion
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Rest of Europe
Elsewhere in Europe, countries like Belgium were in route for industrialization when it became independent and with help from huge deposits of coal and iron had a industrialization.
France
Outside of Europe, France had its own little industrializations which lead to large amounts of lands acquired by peasants and also had agricultural changes.
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