INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS

NEW INNOVATIONS

• Spinning Jenny created by James Hargreaves, spin multiple threads at once
• Water frame created by Richard Arkwrights , powered water wheels
• Steam engine James Watts, used for many things ex: powering transportation
• Steam boat Robert Fulton, helped advance transportation

Worker Life

• Could not talk to boss
• poor working conditions (diseases, poisons, limbs lost)
• Value of life decreased due to harmful machinery, poor environment
• Worked many hours for very little
• Easily replaceable, every job was very competitive

ROLE OF WOMEN /CHILDREN

• No restrictions on working condition/age therefore children worked
• Fortunate women worked as maids or nannies
• Had to work in both physical and domestic work
• 48% of children were injured in the work force annually
• Lesser rights than men

JOBS

• Need for more engineers
• 52% of the population worked in factories
• Manufacturing (steel, coal, clothes)

BENEFITS OF REVOLUTION

• Stronger work force
• Advanced technologies
• Growth in urbanization (MDCs)
• Moving trend from rural to urban cities
• Stronger economy

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Upper- factory owners, company owners (lived in great conditions)
• Middle- business men, mangers (lived in good conditions)
• Lower- factory workers, commoners, women, and children (lived in bad conditions)

Trade Union

• group of workers uniting towards a common goal
• mainly tried to improve working conditions
• helped further their rights and privileges
• Usually consisted of hundreds of people