Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Growth Of Manufacturing During The Industrial Revolution

This is essay number one and topic number one. The growth of manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The impact on growth of cities, employment of skilled and unskilled workers, and role of women, families, laws and national policies. Most of the people worked at home or on farms, this before the Industrial Revolution. If people did or had to work away from home, then they most likely worked in workshops or in a small building. Then during the Industrial Revolution, factories made a big change on what people did, on how they worked and where they lived. The factories were not the best places to work in, also living by a factory was not good, but some people had no choice. This mainly because of money. Then some of the†¦show more content†¦Some people had no choice but to work in the factories. Later on during the Industrial Revolution, the skilled workers were able to make more money. The skilled workers were able to make a living. They made a decent amount of money, where they had some money left over. The skilled people were able to afford better living accommodations. A lot of the well paid workers moved away out of the city life. In the article called The Industrial Revolution, Working and Living Conditions said that (â€Å"this led the beginning of suburbs or socially segregated neighborhoods.†) The unskilled workers, did not make as much money as the skilled workers did. Most of the unskilled workers, lived in the cities and near some factories. This was because they could not afford to live that far away from the factories. It was because they did not make as much and had very little money. They were not skilled at what they did. Then some of the unskilled workers, had to be trained. This was so they could do a better job at what they were doing. The women at times were also business people. If the women had a husband that passed away, then the women had to take over the family and take charge. Then in the article called Women Workers in the British Industrial Revolution, said, (â€Å"women commonly ran shops, taverns, and worked in different places, but were not confined to these areas.†) The laws changed over time during the Industrial Revolution. Then for working in the

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