Concetti Chiave
- The Industrial Revolution led to an increased population and demand for clothes, prompting the creation of efficient cloth-making machinery like the "spinning jenny" and "water frame".
- New energy sources, primarily coal, were utilized to power these machines, making goods cheaper and production more efficient.
- Transportation saw significant advancements during the Industrial Revolution, resulting in faster roads and cheaper travel.
- The Agrarian Revolution involved the enclosure of open fields to create larger farms and the development of advanced farming techniques.
- Industrial society featured "mushroom towns" near factories with poor living conditions, where children and women worked hard for minimal compensation.
Agrarian and Industrial Revolution
In the end of 18th century there were two important revolutions: The Agrarian and Industrial Revolution.
-Industrial Revolution
In this period there was a great increase of population, as a result there was a greater demand for clothes. This fact required a more efficient production. So were created new machinery for cloth-making ("spinning jenny" and "water frame"). These machines required the work of one person, while before more people were needed.
There was development of transport: road became faster and travel became cheaper.
-Agrarian Revolution
The Agrarian revolution was connected to the Industrial revolution., infact both were characterized by technological inventions.
The Agrarian revolution had two forms:
1) the widespread enclosure of open fields and common land to make larger.
2) development of farming techniques.
Industrial society
The industrial cities were in the South. Little cities built near factories were called "mushroom towns". Children and women worked hard and they weren't paid, but they received only a place where sleep. This places were called "workhouses".
The condition was bad and the life expectancy was below twenty years.
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