Wednesday, May 23, 2012

industrial revolution essay


Omar El Gendy

May, 22, 2012

Causes of the Industrial revolution

     The Industrial revolution was a revolution that had pushed the world forward. It took place in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.  It almost changed everything and even the government. They gained many advantages from this revolution. Before the industrial revolution there were no rights for the poor, there were many rural areas, and small population. They used old machines and it slowed the harvest. The industrial revolution changed many things including economy, social life, politics, and technology.

     The Economics had a big and a large effect on the industrial revolution. Therefore the products had improved. Afterwards people started buying more materials that the company produces. Factories started to appear more and that led to provide more jobs for people. This makes the economy grow more and gain money to provide the country with. This had made the economy start taking more steps. They started with providing banking; therefore they had come up with the bank of England. This helped the country and the people.      

                   The economics had led to improve the social life. Farming became much easier they invented bigger and more advanced machines. New crops grew and more animals were gazed. Also by using the advanced machines less time was spent between fields, and people started to move to cities and country sides which is called urbanization.. They used something called selective breading which is simply take the beast cows to bread.  Although there were some disadvantages because poor farmers were forced to sell lands. Urbanization caused education to increase because population grew .After the industrial revolution there were more rural areas which mean more factories. They invented a steam power engine boat which is more advanced. Technology started to grow after urbanization and many factories started to appear. There were some dangerous work bur the workers received their wage.

      The social life led to improvements in the political side. They started trading with other countries which led to relationships with others. The relationships had some advantages and some disadvantages. Some countries started to be jealous and greedy while other countries were aliased. This led to many wars; therefore they created a strong army. The lands started growing which helped in the social life.

     People started realizing that the lands became bigger in size and population. They had to improve the transportation and many other technologies. They created the steam engine boats and trains. These improvements pushed the economy and much other stuff. The power steam engine got improved year by year and that’s why I am typing this essay instead of using a printing press machine.

    Natural resources were very important because without out we can't use many of our technologies today. For an example without coal we couldn’t have been able to make steam power engine therefore trains wouldn’t have been the main transportation for people and many factories wouldn’t work at all. Also the expansion of coal industry defended trade.

     Overall I think the industrial revolution had a great influence on them. They advanced everything and brought back their rights. The industrial revolution wasn’t like any other. The industrial revolution was needed because they were starting to increase in population without any technology which was one of the most important goals of this revolution. After the revolution the country gained many advantages though we can't say there weren't disadvantages but the industrial revolution worked and it influenced the whole world. 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

How was France affected by the 1848 Revolutions?

     
Hunger and unfairness started the 1848 revolution. People were not treated equally at all. The kings and the nobles thought they were gods and the poor are just slaves working for them. The poor were to pay a lot of the taxes which they can’t afford and if they didn’t pay the taxes there will be severe punishment. Unemployment grew which cause to weaken the economy of the country. Banks started to collapse and they were not able to work. Also it affected agriculture production which led to rising food prices and cause economic problems and eventually people won’t be able to eat and the country will suffer with starvation. The 1830 revolution caused Charles X to lose his power from France and Louis Philippe took the throne. Louis called himself “People’s king” and he wanted his people to think that he is trying his best to make them happy. He tried ruling as a constitutional monarch and he made many political parties. He tried his best that no party would go against him. After a while the Royalists and the Republicans started to dislike him as well as all other sections of society which cause him to lose his throne.