Introduction
The changeover to novel manufacturing processes was what referred to as the Industrial
Revolution. It was the turning point in History that ultimately had upshot every aspect of the
lifestyle being lead today. This insurgency happened in the period between 1750 and 1890 in
Great Britain. Over the last three centuries of industrialization, many aspects have altered more
than any other actions or developments have in ten millenniums or so. Countries that adopted the
Industrial Revolution first had technological plus economic advantages that enabled them to rule
over nearly the entire world later. Generally, it amplified the material affluence of the Western
World. Neolithic Revolution was the first to raise economic productivity but in a lesser amount
than the Industrial Revolution.
Long-term Economic Changes
With the emergence of industrial cities managers, insurance agents, lawyers, doctors,
businesspeople, bank clerks, and other white-collar jobs were gradually needed. These gave rise
to the middle class, people who receive monthly salaries as opposed to hourly wages. Before
this, only two classes existed. There were the aristocrats and low-income earners. Aristocrats
were those that were born in wealthy families and those born in the working classes as the low-
income commoners. The middle class could afford to take their children to school, better health
care and hire domestic workers. Conversely, it was only in the second phase of the Industrial
Revolution at around 1901 that England experienced the increase in wages for workers as an
adjustment for inflation by over 50 % (Sivers, Desnoyers, & Stow, 2014). Capitalist economies
experienced a significant boost in their GDP.
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Long-term Social Changes
There was a profound impact on the social aspect as a result of industrialization. There was
restructuring in the society, and for the first time, people worked outside their homes. People
now would wake up every morning and travel to the factories their new workplaces. Their living
conditions and quality of life deteriorated a great deal. They could no longer subsist at their
tempo: no manicured flower gardens and decent appearances at social gatherings with their
homes now a mass of grime. The middle class also lost leisure time, security and a deteriorated
urban milieu. Children lost time to play at their homes to child labor. It was the cheapest labor.
They would perform the cushy and repetitive tasks easily done by them than the adults. The
tedious work had adverse effects on the children's health as they left the factory ill-looking.
Sivers and colleagues outline a 55 percent growth in the human population between 1860 and
early 1920s (2014). The growth indelibly tied to increased use of both natural and artificial
resources.
Long-term Technological Changes
The transition was the change in manual production methods to machines, ever-increasing use
steam power, new chemical and iron manufacturing processes the development of new tools and
the rise of factory systems. The manufacturing processes occurred gradually, but social and
economic changes felt over generations. Advanced power technology was the most outstanding
facet of the Industrial Revolution. The increased use of steam power that was exceptional. Steam
power did not replace the other power sources such as wind and water but transformed them. The
steam engine underwent significant improvements to ensure a massive cutback on energy used.
One of the dominating industries in employment terms was the textile industry due to the
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invention of the cheap cotton gin by Eli Whitney and Samuel Crompton's spinning mule in the
late 18 th Century (Sivers, 2014). There was development in communication the radio with
airplane and steamship in transportation. Other inventions were in nonindustrial spheres was
agricultural advancements.
Long-term Political Changes
The thought of treating all people equally regardless of their social stratum was sought after by
other nations. The commodities reserved for the wealthy obtained by those of the lower echelons
of society. France faced some limitations in their pursuit to be an industrialized state. It initiated
policies in consequence of lifestyle changes seen in the Industrial Revolution. Authority became
centralized in the capital Paris as well as the introductory of legal equality principle, and the
people's voice heard (Sivers, 2014). Mercantilism ideas lead to an expansion in the
manufacturing industry as France started making its artifacts. During the French Revolution,
many of its citizens immigrated to other European countries. Scores of the French businessmen
who sought safety in Britain employed the British technology once they returned to France.
Conclusion
Recently other complex worldwide phenomena have been achieved from the Industrial
Revolution. The assembly of products using labor from across the world, Multi-national
Corporation's blueprint is some of the examples. Whether the government should intervene in
workers safety and labor issues is a challenge faced in the modern world as was in the Industrial
Revolution period. Critics of the industrialization system view it as an exploitative and
unsustainable. Fossil fuels are arguably the salient resources that animate the current
industrialization yet they are finite. If the majority replicate high consumption as those of the
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upcoming developed countries, the will speed ecological disasters. How to halt this universal
resource depletion remains a misery.