Industrialization and Its Effects

Steam-powered machinery allowed factory systems to dominate textile production, changing traditional craft-based work environments.

Widespread adoption of electric power kept cottage industries competitive with larger factories, maintaining pre-industrial employment patterns.

Rapid advancements in agricultural technology eliminated manual farm labor, creating surplus populations that resisted factory work.

The increased reliance on wind and water power technologies diminished urban job opportunities, drawing workers back into rural settings.

The radio

The computer

The television

The telegraph

Charles Darwin

James Watt

Adam Smith

Isaac Newton

It elevated their status due to their control over production means and capital accumulation.

It diminished their status as aristocrats maintained dominance over economic resources.

It had little effect on their status as they were absorbed by existing noble classes.

It led to a decline in traditional skilled artisans who formed a new underclass below them.

Encouragement towards self-sustaining agricultural practices at home

Continuation of artisanal guild-driven quality control measures

Imposition of regimented work schedules and discipline

Promotion of individual entrepreneurship within manufacturing fields

By endorsing laissez-faire economics to stimulate further growth despite social inequalities created by industry.

By advocating for strict tariffs on imports to protect domestic industries from foreign competition at all costs.

By calling for immediate proletarian revolution rather than gradual or theoretical reforms in society.

By proposing ideal communities with egalitarian principles as an alternative to capitalist exploitation.

Reform Bill

Factory Act

Combination Act

Mines Act

Countries banned all forms of communication with Britain to prevent knowledge transfer about industrial practices.

Other countries tried to mimic Britain's success; some successfully like France while others like Italy and Russia failed due to certain conditions.

Countries discouraged their entrepreneurs from traveling to Britain fearing they might be influenced by capitalism concepts

All nations rejected British models out fear it would disrupt their traditional systems.

Liberalism sought constitutional government while stressing civil liberties against absolutist rule.

Romanticism focused on emotional expression and often took an ambivalent stance toward political issues.

Conservatism aimed to preserve existing institutions and favored gradual change over radical reform.

Nationalism prioritized unity based on cultural ties but did not always advocate for changes in governance structures.

The Franco-Prussian War

The American Civil War

The Crimean War

Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo