The Analysis of the Industrial Revolution: Economics, Environment, and Social Change between 1750 and 1900. The economic impact was having an increase in production sales using machinery. The second was environmental, caused by widespread pollution and deforestation. Socially, it led to urbanization and an increase in the working class, which caused negative impacts such as child labor and dangerous workplaces in society. All three factors played a crucial role in shaping the Industrial Revolution. The first analysis of the Industrial Revolution is the economic change. It had shifted from an agrarian economy, which meant most of its income would come from agriculture, so it changed into a manufacturing economy that would no longer produce …show more content…
The cause for pollution was having these factories produce chemicals, smoke, and dust clouds that would eventually lead to pollution into the air and cause significant health risks for people who lived in urban centers. The pollution was the emission of cola-powder steam engines. An example of this is Document 7, which shows a picture of the steam used to operate the factories that would eventually create pollution into the atmosphere. Factories in urban areas have a higher risk of death. The second issue with the environment was having the idea of higher living standards that would cause forests to be used to make new cities, along with needing lumber for construction. The second reason why species were involved in the Industrial Revolution was the industrial pollutant emissions that caused many plants and animals to be affected since it created problems within their cycle and ecosystem. The evidence used is Document 2, which says, "In dry weather, a long string of the most disgusting, blackish-green, slime pools are left standing on this bank, from the depths of which bubbles of... gas constantly arise and give forth a stench unendurable even on the bridge forty or fifty feet above the surface of the stream." Despite the efforts to improve society and grow more sustainably, the environment will always be affected as we continue to evolve new ways of