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. These investors put money into the work of mechanics and engineers with the expertise to develop new, more efficient ways of mass-producing goods. Machines benefited the United States by allowing business owners to specialize in the production of goods and manufacture them in large quantities to distribute throughout the nation or export. As a result, the cost of mass-produced goods went down as their quantity went up causing industrial profits to rise. With the creation of transcontinental railroads and telephones, marketing nationally was available to distribute these goods.
English emigrated to America due to high population, high unemployment and the promise of a better life which America was offering. Thomas Malthius published his essay “the principles of population” in 1798. In this he claims that Britain’s population was growing at a faster rate than the food supply, this causing panic and encouraging the government to conduct a census in 1801. The result was 10.501.000, Britons population was estimated to have doubled in fifty years since 1750. This population problem coupled with new agricultural developments such as enclosure acts, which doubled crop production using fewer workers meant that there were many agricultural workers who were jobless.
The North American peninsula is home to tens of millions of aliens from a wide range of different countries, and as such, is often called the “melting pot” of the world by many. This may be due to its progressively increasing rate of immigration (be it legal or otherwise) since the mid 1800’s. However, one may only inquire as to why such a large number of people had taken an interest in the United States. It is probable to reason that the causes consist of mainly economic matters, though the widespread opportunities for work along with promises of equality most certainly took a role. However, as the United States takes in new citizens, long-term effects tend to surface.
America had the resources to solely rely on agricultural, but the incoming of new inventions made it harder to pass up a great opportunity and America had to use these innovations to their advantage. The Industrial Revolution brought many settlers to America to work in the growing factories. More workers meant more production, thus creating an economic boom in America. This economic boom was also the start of prosperity for the people in America. The fact that people would travel West and have a new way of life using the new technology and at the same time being able to have land that was all their own.
Moreover, this then led to changes in the supply of money, the concept of credit, and in forms of investment. This in turn brought new understandings of economics. Along with this, the industrial revolution led to the prosperous trade not only across the English Channel to Europe, but across the oceans to Africa, Asia, and North and South America. Not only this, but between 1800-1850 the national income rose by two-hundred-thirty percent. Economic stability and growth led to people being well fed, to have proper housing, and gave people opportunities to not be dependent on an agricultural income.
The conquest of certain civilizations lead to new ideas being brought in by the conquerors, and this lead to a much larger surplus, larger than ever before. Along with the arrival of surplus-enhancing technology, the smelting of iron also appeared. Before, copper and bronze had been used, but had proved to be only accessible to the wealthy and made poor tools, and weapons, too. Iron ore was much more abundant than copper, and with the skillful workings of the blacksmiths, “the effect [it had] on agriculture was massive,” (Harman 46). By the 7th century BC, new civilizations that were based on the new technologies that came around were on the rise.
Immigrants hold a large part in American urbanization. Twenty million Europeans immigrants, two hundred thousand Chinese immigrants, two hundred sixty thousand Caribbean immigrants, and a million Mexican immigrants came to United States between 1850 and 1940. Running away from religious persecutions, economic hardships, and political freedom, They were willing to work for less wages than natural born americans. They just wanted a better life, so did what they had to do, no matter how hard and rough it was. Immigrants, who came from Europe, arrived at Ellis Island in New York City.
The main features of the industrial revolution was the massive economic boom. Britain began to produce more cotton and other materials than ever before. Towns grew rapidly because of new jobs on offer and wealth of the country rapidly grew. Charles dickens shows us in hard times you were either with lots of possessions or without any. He shows that the difference between rich and poor grew dramatically.
Breshna Halim February 1, 2012 Causes of the Industrial Revolution in the US Thesis: The causes of the industrial revolution in the US were the increase in population which provided a workforce, more profit in industries, and the importance of technology that allowed for mass production of goods in factories. All these causes helped grow industry by offering jobs for people without any work which made physical jobs faster and more profit came into the industry. The industrial revolution affected the immigration in the United States greatly by growing industries and businesses. Alongside the fast growth in population, medical systems had also improved; therefore there was a reduction in the number of disease that spread resulting in death through lack of medical knowledge. From this, the percentage of children who lived through childhood also began to increase, therefore the future workforce would be even large than previously.
The Industrial Revolution which took place in both the 19th and 20th century was an important point in history that altered industry like never before. With the invention of new machines such as the assembly line, worker productivity and output increased. Mass production occurred within the Industrial Revolution which made goods more affordable. With this increasing amount of industry, the demand of workers and urban industrial centres increased. Because of this demand for workers women were brought into the workforce and left the traditional life of taking care of the household behind.