HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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introduction of the factory system
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increased urbanization
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increased productivity of industrial workers
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unsafe working conditions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The system arose in the course of the Industrial Revolution. The factory system replaced the domestic system, in which individual workers used hand tools or simple machinery to fabricate goods in their own homes or in workshops attached to their homes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The factory system was a new way of organizing labour made necessary by the development of machines which were too large to house in a worker’s cottage. Working hours were as long as they had been for the farmer, that is, from dawn to dusk, six days per week.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to mechanization and the development of new technology, the newfound factory system had three other key features: centralization and increased sale of production, changes in organization, and an extensive division of labor.
Detailed explanation-4: -First used in England in the textile industry, the use of mechanical processes would soon spread to countries such as the United States. The first factory established in the United States dates back to 1790 when Samuel Slater came from England and constructed a factory to produce yarn.