Age of Industry (-to have)

During the year 1700s and 1800s, there is a series of innovations and industry that led to big economic and social change in Europe and United States. The industrial started in this area then spread around the world. This is known as industrial revolution, many machinery were replaced and it change how people had lived for hundred of years.

One example of the effect is making cloth. In the 1700s people worked many hours to produce amount of cloth but later with the machines they could make fifty times more.

Businesspeople brought machines and workers together in factories, the industries produced large amount of goods. Millions of people want to live better so they left their villages to find a factory work in towns and cities.

Before the industrial revolution in 1700s, people lived the same way that their ancestors does. They were farming to make a living, planted, harvested and hoped for good weather.

The rich and the poor families were small families because of a very high death rate in baby.

Village economies were limited to their own area because the transporting to other area is difficult. Villages had to things by themselves. They made their own homes, clothes, and tools.

In the early industries, other than farming, many people worked in small industries or in coal mines. These industries employed small amount of workers because the work schedule is conflict with the agricultural cycle.

During the harvest time the workers helped the farmers and in the winter the farmers worked in the industries. This close relationship provided a steadier income rather than farming or doing industry alone.