How Did The Industrial Revolution Affect Society

What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your religious views? These two questions single handedly shape the average Americans life from birth until death. Coincidentally these questions are transformed from two massive movements shaping ideologies being the Scientific Revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, and the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th centuries. Look at our nation today you can clearly see the effects of these revolutions at the forefront of our countries development. Throughout this assignment I will be speaking on the wave of morality that dawned on the people of these times as well as the effect on society.

The Scientific Revolution was the dawn of conventional thought which deteriorated the prestige beliefs of ancient folklore and religious doctrine. The search for rational answers began and philosophers individually began to discover new answers to fundamental questions about our world. In return we gained the developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry. Before this

Before The Industrial Revolution life was what we would consider in my generation ancient. The clock had little to no importance instead 80% of the world were farmers and lived by the sun and the moon. Most of the worlds population were lower class with nearly no middle class and a small upper class.The general population had to build everything with their hands due to mass production not being present during the time. There was no public education so few could read or write, education during this time was a privilege not a right. Needless to say living before this revolution would not be ideal to anyone who is accustomed to our luxurious