The Industrial Revolution brought about a new time that changed the way that people lived and worked. It brought new technology that would change the world forever. Populations grew, cities rose, and factories began to pollute the atmosphere and oceans. New transportation made it possible to explore and more food made population grow.
1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
England was the first country to industrialize because they had the most natural resources because there imperialized throughout the world. They had a strong economy, and it was central in Europe. They had a large population
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
When new technology was invented such as machines, factories came into the picture, and people moved into cities (urbanization) in order to get work. People had never lived so close together before. The Steam Engine, revised by James Watt, allowed people to travel to new places they had never been before and visit family members they never got to see before, and allowed for faster trade. The cotton gin made it possible to mass produce clothing and other cotton goods.
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
With the industrial revolution, people moved into cities, and with more resources populations grew because there was more food and clothing available. Population in cities grew so quickly that cities were constantly expanding their walls. There wasn�t enough housing for all of the immigrants
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
The industrial revolution created a need for workers and manual laborers, which set up the slave trade because wealthy Europeans did not want to do the hard work by themselves and capitalism dictated that they find the cheapest labor possible, which came in the form of African slaves. Because of the dangers inherent in this type of work, and the horrible conditions in the factories, work unions were organized to protect the interests of the laborers and people were not allowed to work unless they were part of a union.
5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
Natural resources give the money and the raw materials for new technologies and businesses that allow entrepreneurs to become rich. The labor is done by the poor, uneducated majority while the capital goes to the smaller percentage of wealthy factory owners.
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
Capitalism was a form of social Darwinism. It caused utopianism beliefs along with socialism and communism because capitalism allowed the weak to starve and humanists wanted a form of government that would take care of everyone.
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe.
The industrial revolution was a dark time, living standards went down and the cities were dirty and unkempt. Romanticism was made to make this time look better and to lead the people to believe that they lived in a great time. Classicism said that your class could not change your standing in society and you were stuck poor or rich, but during this time a middle class was made and people were given social mobility.
10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines.
Global changes will take place as a result of industrialization, there is a new thirst for cheap labor and resources. Countries want to expand so they can be taken seriously.
1. Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonial-ism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).
Industrialized countries needed to imperialize to gain resources and larger markets by taking over the trade of other countries. They wanted new markets to sell their stuff to, they didn�t have to pay taxes.
2. Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.
England: the Americas, India, Africa, Australia, Netherlands, Ireland
Russia: Soviet block countries
Spain: South America, Africa
Portugal: Africa
France: Africa, North America
Germany: Africa, parts of Europe
Japan: China
Italy:
France and Britain were the leading imperialists Britain had indirect rule while France had direct. The 19th century was the British century; they had colonies all over the world.
3. Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.
Colonizers believed that they were spreading western ideas and saving the souls of the heathens. Colonized countries believed that the foreign invaders were tyrants.
Colonizers wanted to help people by changing their religions and beliefs; there was less tribal wars after the British laid down their influence. Colonizers wanted to give them technology, but also take away all of their resources.
4. Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders, such as Sun Yat-Sen in China, and the roles of ideology and religion.
The Chinese wanted to close themselves off from the west, they believed they were barbarians. The Chinese finally end up adopting Western ideas as a means of survival. Euro-centrism takes over.