Manufacturing
Manufacturing
During the Agricultural Revolution the population shifted towards rural areas. During the Industrial Revolution, the population shifted towards urban areas.
The Industrial Revolution shifted the purpose of farming from primarily subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture. With the development of new machinery and technology, farmers were able to increase their production and efficiency, leading to surplus crops that could be sold in markets. Farming became more focused on maximizing productivity and profit, rather than simply providing for the needs of individual households.
The Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th century, around the 1760s to 1770s, with the mechanization of textile production in Britain. It then spread to other parts of Europe and eventually to North America in the early 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution affected many aspects of American society and politics. For example, prior to the Industrial Revolution, most of the country's population lived an agrarian lifestyle. Jobs in the cities, brought on by industrialization, shifted that population density to the cities. A wealthy middle class grew out of the startups and entrepreneurial opportunities of the period. It also brought on social problems, such as inadequate housing, poverty, crime, and child labor. Politicians began to court many in the immigrant working classes, understanding the power of the masses.
Manufacturing
The Industrial Revolution was not a battle. It was a process whereby the largest single component of the global economy shifted from agriculture to the mass-manufacturing of goods over the course of several decades.
During the Agricultural Revolution the population shifted towards rural areas. During the Industrial Revolution, the population shifted towards urban areas.
The Industrial Revolution shifted the purpose of farming from primarily subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture. With the development of new machinery and technology, farmers were able to increase their production and efficiency, leading to surplus crops that could be sold in markets. Farming became more focused on maximizing productivity and profit, rather than simply providing for the needs of individual households.
In the 1850s, North America was beginning to industrialize. The economy shifted from a farming-based economy to one driven by production of goods and machines.
The Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th century, around the 1760s to 1770s, with the mechanization of textile production in Britain. It then spread to other parts of Europe and eventually to North America in the early 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution affected many aspects of American society and politics. For example, prior to the Industrial Revolution, most of the country's population lived an agrarian lifestyle. Jobs in the cities, brought on by industrialization, shifted that population density to the cities. A wealthy middle class grew out of the startups and entrepreneurial opportunities of the period. It also brought on social problems, such as inadequate housing, poverty, crime, and child labor. Politicians began to court many in the immigrant working classes, understanding the power of the masses.
During the 17th century, the tobacco economy shifted. It shifted to a reliance on the black slaves as a way of social control.
Russia
There is a parallel in the changes to people's work lives during the Industrial Revolution. Back then, it was a change from rural to manufacturing. In our times, perhaps it is called globalization. People's work lives are being challenged by the need to shift to new types of knowledge and skills both as manufacturing is being shifted to other countries and as part of the "gig" economy, where people patch together several jobs. There are also changes occurring as to how employers support people by linking them to health insurance, pensions and training.
Student Protests and the only other major communist economy, the Soviet Union, collapsed in 1991.
The south's economy shifted from ariculture to manufacturing