Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Revolutions of Industrialization

The industrial revolution began with new technologies innovation, which lead to a lot of goods and services being sold. The most significant was the steam engine which was produced by coal and the internal combustion engine which was produced by fossil fuels. However, although these were great discoveries in that time period no one really thought about what would happen if we run out of fossil fuels? Then how would we make internal combustion engine? Most people still don’t think about what we are going to put future generations through. With the industrial revolution came a demographic shift from rural areas to cities with the big factories. In Britain it added 2 new social classes, so instead of 1 percent nobility, 1 percent church, and 98 percent everyone else there were a middle class and a laboring class. The middle class were factory owners and the laboring class were people who worked in the factories. With so many people in the laboring class there was bound to be some competition because people need to provide for their families. There also came problems like workers wanting higher wages, health care, limited hours, etc. There are 2 ways of making changes: revolution and reform. Russia industrialization remained absolute monarchy which is the state having control over individuals and the society. This was bound to lead to a revolution and forms of unions and political parties in my eyes. Latin America wanting their country to look like Europe or United States like it was their older brothers and they wanted to be just like them in every aspect like talking they way they do, act like they do and dress the way they do.