THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Safa Ahmed 16-11-01

BRITAIN BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Living conditions are very poor There are many diseases that are being spread across Britain. Children are unhealthy and are not receiving education. There are limited ways of transport which are not very efficient.

People are relying on their community and the government to think up of new ideas of improvement. The atmosphere and appearance of cities are very unpleasant to see and to live in

WHY DID BRITAIN NEED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Bradford and many other cities were in a very difficult stage at that moment in time. An average home would have consisted of two rooms which would have been used for cooking, sleeping, eating and working. The uncleanness of streets and roads caused for conditions to become more difficult for people to cope with. These conditions caused diseases such as cholera and people had a high risk of dying as medical knowledge was very uncommon at the time. Wool combers would have especially needed more help as they would work every day of the week with a moderate income.

WERE NEWLY INVENTED MACHINES A BENIFET? Many machines were being invented during the Industrial Revolution. But were they beneficial to all people? Often, when machines were invented, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people would lose their jobs which caused for them and their families to be very unstable and sometimes live without any income for a long period of time. Machines were only beneficial to those who had invented them and to traders. As far as workers were concerned, nobody raised any concern.

TRANSPORT Transport was a major issue which had to improved. Transport used at the time was horse and cart. Transport had to be improved. Without an improvement in transportation, journeys from one place to another would have taken days on horse and cart. Water transport was also available at the time which was used to carry heavy and large amounts of goods. In the 1750’s, rivers had many bends or obstructions. Road conditions were also very difficult to bare with. Road traffic was growing rapidly. Parish officers finally Put this to a stop when they began to form Turnpike trusts.

EDUCATION Education was also a major issue which had to be developed. Children as young as the age of 8 worked in factories and mills. This caused for them to become: Unhealthy - children breathed in smoke form factories and mills. Develop diseases – there was also a lack of medical resources at the time Education would improve lives of many people. It would cause for people to: discover new inventions and for them to gain knowledge in what the studied. Many children damaged their health with the amount of smoke that they were breathing in and some of them died because there was a lack of medical resources at the time. Education would improve lives of many people. It would cause for people to discover new inventions and for them to gain knowledge in what the studied. Children especially would learn

Children especially would learn how to live their lives healthily and better ways of life. Working in factories and mills would damage health and cause for children and adults to die earlier. This would not achieve anything as the cotton industry would remain the most popular fields of work and other fields will remain untouched.

DISEASE Disease was very common during the Industrial revolution and before. This was mainly because of working and living conditions. Cholera was very common and developed in dark and filthy places which rarely saw sunlight. Almost 62,000 people died after catching the disease. Other illnesses and diseases were common as well such as tuberculosis. These diseases developed in only very unhygienic circumstances where people died only because they had drank water which had contained dirt. etc.

HOW CONDITIONS IMPROVED Many more jobs were available when the Bridgewater canal was built. Transport improved and there were many more options available. Without the improvement of transport: Goods could not have been carried to cities around the UK and later, around the world. Bradford would not have been famous for the quality cloth it produced and would not stand where it is today.

Goods could not be transported in large quantities as it was later available. Many goods would be damaged and could not be used once they had got to their destination