Industrial Revolution
- technological innovations
- greatest breakthrough steam engine
- transformation of agriculture
- started first in great Britain
Industrial Revolution in Britain
- Britain was most commercialized
- farmers pushed out of farms
- aristocrats interested in commerce
- railroad system
- middle class had most gains
Women
- many women began working
- were being paid less than men
- women "stealing" jobs from men
- after marriage tried leaving paid labor
Effects of Revolution
- overpopulation
- began producing more at less of a price
- jobs were dangerous
- increase in child labor
- many left homes in farms to go work
- quality of products decreased
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