HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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People moved to the country to be away from the factories.
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The working conditions were excellent.
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Women and child were NOT allowed to work.
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People moved from the country to the cities in order to work in factories.
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Detailed explanation-1: -(i) Industrialisation brought men, women and children to factories. (ii) Work hours were often long and wages were poor. (iii) Housing and sanitation problems were growing rapidly. (iv) Almost all industries were properties of individuals.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Social changes in society: migration and urbanisation The factory system pushed large numbers of people to cities, and women and children began working in factories. With the advent of nuclear families, family relations transformed. Religion lost its importance, and ideological commitments replaced family ties.
Detailed explanation-4: -It increased material wealth, extended life, and was a powerful force for social change. It undermined the centuries-old class structure in Europe and reorganized the economic and philosophical worldview of the West. Preindustrial Europe was static and based upon privilege.