Module 1

What were the roots of the Industrial Revolution in Europe? How did this transformation have global roots?

Industrialization not only brought new products to the population and the market but also changed, beliefs, ways of thinking and the way society interacted and lived. Basically the 

Industrial revolution was the advancement of technology. Some places, such as China and the Ottoman empire, its effectiveness wasn’t that great due to the financial opportunity costs that would greatly damage its economy. 

The industrial revolution created new forms of trade, new discoveries and use of technology and resources and new ideas for development. The establishment of trade routes created global roots of connections to acquire new ideas for inventions and other resources. The industrial era began to grow civilizations and they began to move towards "Soon the Industrial Revolution spread beyond the textile industry, through the production of iron and steel, railways and steam ships, food processing and construction”.

What did humanity gain from the Industrial Revolution and what did it lose?

As we may thing, humanity gained many new tools to explore and conquest the world. New weapons, new technology, new thoughts and new beliefs, that were now part of the society before the revolution. Humanity and the modern world in which we live were built from the era of industrialization, such as forms of world trade, between every country, exchange of ideas between each country for new development ideas, etc.

The idea of loss can come in many different ways, such as people that lost their lives working for the industrialization to happen. Losses such as the belief in religion that was the main source of knowledge about pretty much everything and etc.

How did the British middle class change during the 19th century?

The Industrial Revolution created many changes in different societies. For example, a social transformation has occurred in British society. The aristocrats who made up the ruling class were slowly declining. Urban wealth increased in importance and gained a large part of the land. Entrepreneurs and landowners became the leaders of their political parties, and aristocrats declined. In addition, a change was the entry of women into the labor market in the late 19th century. They were starting to work in teaching, in the office, in sales and bank tellers.