Causes and Contributions of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution took place from the 18th to the 19th century and because of it economic growth as well as transportation and many other things were possible. As stated by the History website the Industrial Revolution “was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.” (2) Without the industrial revolution going to the store to pick up tools and equipment would not be possible. Before it took place, people would create and make their own equipment and tools at home. As soon as the Industrial revolution took off, all kinds of equipment, tools, and gear started to be manufactured by companies! Items and products were manufactured in bulk and in large amounts at a time

This was a huge change for society since before there were only the rich or the poor, the nobles or the peasants, but thanks to the Industrial revolution society was able to evolve for many making living a little easier. Job opportunities opened up for many allowing families to work and earn more money than they previously could. Even though the jobs were plentiful, the working conditions were not the most ideal. As stated by weebly, “As factories were being built, businesses were in need of workers. With a long line of people willing to work, employers could set wages as low as they wanted because people were willing to do work as long as they got paid.” (5) This shows that even though the industrial revolution brought many benefits and great evolution form a previous time it did not come without its struggles and hard ships. Although these terrible conditions, people wanted work and moved to the cities to find

Women depended on men more as well as were allowed not to have as much communication and contact with the rest of the public, it had seemed as though they were diminished because they weren’t allowed to get jobs. The reason for this is due to the fact that before the industrial Revolution family’s would work at home, together as one unit. Everyone would do his or her part and there was no major difference between home and work or economic and non-economic activity. This all changed after the Industrial Revolution, mainly because work was something that was done away from home now. Therefore, women were expected to stay at home, and work at home with no income creating the sense that women were to stay at home and not be part of the economic sphere and men belonged outside home in the economic