All of these issues helped to shape the American nation and its people. After the Civil War, the development of improved industrial methods and the arrival of masses of immigrants eager for factory jobs launched a new era of mass production in the United States. The nation turned its efforts toward economic recovery and expansion. America's abundant supply of natural resources, such as coal and oil, encouraged investment. Much of this investment came from already industrialized countries like Germany, Great Britain, and France whose business owners looked for new investment opportunities in the United States.
From 1760 to 1830 the Industrial Revolution was largely taking place in Britain. The major changes involved in the British Industrial Revolution were technological, socioeconomic, and cultural changes. One of the biggest technological movements for the British was the use of mechanical power and was the key to success of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. The British designed and built water mills and steam engines that efficiently powered a wide variety of machines and equipment. With this new development, entrepreneurs began to open new workshops and forced their employees to work long strenuous hours to produce their goods.
As this capitalist industrial system spread, reactions in the form of socialist thought increased making it obvious that there was a dyer need for a revolution. This theory spread throughout the world into the early 20th century. After many socio-economic changes nations began to base their socialist/communist views on the ideologies of Karl Marx. Marx believed that the injustice in capitalism determined that the industrial working class
Although it is important to recognize how much of history is made up by class conflict, it is imperative to understand how social classes coped with struggles and eventually developed. The transformation of social classes during Marx and Engel’s time was triggered by the mark of the Industrial Revolution, and it was sustained by a newfound sense of self-interest, along with a lasting social gap between classes. The Industrial Revolution signified the change of class structure and empowered the middle class. The Communist Manifesto begins with Carl Marx’s theory of the history of class formation. Based on this theory, the formation of classes occurred because of the continual development of the industry and the growing demand of the middle class.
This was sometimes called ‘Revolution from above. During the years 1928 to 1941 Stalin decided to introduce a series of reforms in order to radically change Russia’s economy. This would not only create a more prosperous country, but as well would stand out the figure of Stalin and would make him a memorable leader for his acts, moving of the way the image people had of Lenin as the real and unique leader Russia once had. During these years, through collectivisation and industrialisation (Five Year Plans), Stalin was able o successfully improve Russia’s economy. This was mostly due to his policies of collectivisation which made economic sense and forced a lot of peasants to leave the land, which was a process needed in order to change an agricultural rural society to an urban and industrial one as well s the fact that his industrialisation plan increased massively the heavy industry in Russia; the production of raw materials such as iron, coal, steel and oil all increased successfully.
He was a historian on the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism. He believed that the cause of WWI was due to industrial capitalism. Countries felt as if they had to have close ties with their militaries in order to ensure that their industry would prosper. There was clear heated competition amongst countries that had achieved success economically. Essentially, every country not only wanted to better themselves economically but also strongly desired expansion.
18th century- century of three revolutions: Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution commenced from a change from handicraft to mass production of products with the invention of steam engine (1780s). Coal was used to smelt iron rather than wood or charcoal. Britain benefited the most as the Industrial Revolution occurred when British influence extended worldwide and the most significant advances occurred in Britain. The British possessed skills necessary to make the machines that manufactured the products, controlled the flow of raw materials, and held a monopoly over products in demand. Manufacturing regions occurred adjacent to large coalfields in the British midlands.
The transformation in britain during the industrial revolution The late eighteenth century witnessed the initial rise of the Industrial Revolution and birth of factories, permanently reestablishing Britain’s face. The great technical, socioeconomic and cultural change, induced a metamorphosis from an economy relying on manual labor to one reigned by industry and machine production. The change in infrastructure and industries: What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on Britain’s infrastructure and industries? Britain’s landscape was transformed. New towns were founded, but accommodated poorly constructed domiciles, lacking proper water supplies and facilities.
A period of time that drastically changed the industrial world was the Industrial Revolution. A combination of events, that led to the start of the Revolution include, the Agricultural Revolution, food surpluses, population booming, and discovery of new forms of energy. The power of coal allowed larger machines to be built, which allowed for mass production of textiles and consumer goods. Since the machines were large, they couldn’t fit into homes, so factories were built and many jobs were given to farm workers who lost their jobs because of industrialization. The use of steam made trains popular throughout Europe, and later in America.
In England during the mid-18th century a major war took place. The industrial revolution forced many places around the globe to modernize and also westernize. As a result there where many changes such as innovative technology, mass food and textile production, growth of cities and much more. A major change that will forever affect the world is New Age Imperialism. Europe gained many territories due to the advancements in technology.