15 Minutes to Study: Campbell Edition: Great Britain Industry

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6. The factory system put an end to the cottage industry, the putting out system, and agrarian life. Also in the factory system, laborers could be watched, money was saved by having workers under the same roof, allowed control over quality of the product and it was a mass production of goods that were produced faster, more efficient, and cheaper than before. Workers endured a new workplace disciple in a day with monotonous movement ran by clocks and whistles.

7. Iron was the material used for the building of the machines, as well as for factories and railroads, which were very important things during the Industrial Revolution.

8. The steam engine, invented by James Watt, powered all the other inventions of the time period, making it the most crucial in the supplying capabilities in Great Britain.

9. Many people become deformed from being cramped in the coal mines. People died from being caught in the machines and sickness was quickly and easily spread due to the poor conditions in the factories and homes. Workers were usually dirty and smelled, and black lung was a common disease.

10. Women and children worked as long and as hard as the men did, but were payed less for their labor. Many factories hired them because they were cheaper and women, even when pregnant, were not allowed to miss work.

11. Capital is wealth, so its no surprise that Capitalism revolves around making money. The three characteristics of a capitalist society are
- capital belongs to individuals
- price of a product is based on its demand
- money value is placed on all forms of property

12. Let it be. This phrase refers to the fact that in capitalism, government should not bother in business and entrepreneurs should be free to run their businesses the way they wish. Adam Smith is the author of The Wealth of Nations, which modeled a perfect Capitalist society.

13. Marx thought the poor workers (Proletariats) would become tired of the unfair way in which they were being treated and desperate by their poverty, causing them to rise up and form a Proletariat dictatorship, as he insisted in the Communist Manifesto.

14. Workers voted, created labor unions, and used violence in order to produce an effective change. The factory Act (1833) forbade children under 9 from working, and the Reform Bill of 1867 gave workers the right to vote. Luddites, who were masked members of a secret society, attacked textile factories and their owners.

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