Chandler Pollock Ricard 10/30/14 In the early 1800’s, Britain began utilizing its new and advanced agricultural methods previously established in the Netherlands to subvert the former techniques used to produce products and crops. This transformation began when peasants were increasingly cut off from the fields by wealthy property-owners in efforts to pasture sheep and initiate executing the innovative agricultural schemes on a much grander scale. A great affect from this action was the new influx of landless laborers who began moving to large cities to work in urban factories. These workforces were known as proletariat. With the increase of Britain’s urban labor force, an increase in population came as well due to the declining mortality …show more content…
Liberalism was grounded by liberty and favored constitutional governments with leaders having regulated control as well as promoting peoples rights. This promotion of political and economic freedom allowed them to favor competition, as it was paramount to a societies fortune. Manufactures were encouraged to sell the best goods at the most affordable price possible in efforts of beating out their adversaries. Due to this belief of an open market, liberals encouraged a Laissez-faire approach influencing governments to take more of a hands off attitude. This idea looked to even further revolutionize society as it aimed to promote industrialization (Page 617). The complete opposite of liberalism happened to be socialism. Socialism favored equality in all aspects of society rather then liberty claiming that liberty was only beneficial to the more wealthy people who had a means of enjoying it. Socialists attempted to improve factory workers lives as they tried to diminish the difference between rich and poor. Socialists also enjoyed cooperation and cohesive work since they thought this was the only way to construct a thriving community. Socialism also in a way was an explanation for the Industrial Revolution while it stimulated a cohesive working environment to produce better and more efficient goods (Page 617). Nationalism is a third new ideology created during this time of revolution to explain a great devotion and dedication to a person’s country or cultural group. The Industrial Revolution actually first hand promoted this idea. While people were moving to large urban cities to be closer to the factories, a sense of nationality was there as more and more people departed from their own little worlds and participated in national matters (Page 619-620). Lastly, romanticism underlined emotion