Why was the Industrial Revolution such an important event?

Answer 1

The Industrial Revolution vastly transformed the world in virtually all aspects of life. Begun in Britain, it would spread to the rest of Europe and later to the US and Japan, drastically changing society.

Transformation of economy - The economy changed to take on capitalist aspects, revolving around supply and demand, trying to meet that demand with machines in conjunction with human labor, with the ultimate goal of making a profit. This goal encouraged the development of new inventions to improve efficiency, such as the steam engine which lead to the railroad, a great improvement in transportation and the symbol of industrialization.

Traditional "estates" give way to "classes." A middle class forms whose success is based on achievement, not birth. Workers are no longer serfs and bound to the land. A feudal type of society is replaced by a society based around making a profit. Cities became important centers of industrialization (such as Manchester in Great Britain).

With a new society developing based around making a profit, workers were treated horribly for the sake of their employers' bank accounts, with human labor being bought and sold as a commodity. Reforms would emerge to combat this problem, as well as modern political ideologies trying to best manage and govern industrial society, such as classical liberalism, utilitarianism, and socialism. Industrialization encouraged competitions among nations, each wanting to prove itself better and more powerful economically. This emergence of nationalist sentiments and competition encouraged military build up using the enormous economic potential of industrialized nations. Channeling their economic and military power into Imperialism, the industrialized European nations, and later Japan, undertook conquests to control undeveloped regions and exploit them for profit, as well as "civilize" them, forcing culture on them.

In summary: The Industrial Revolution drastically changed society from a traditional, agrarian, and feudal system to an industrialized, capitalist system with social classes based on money earned. Society became highly industrialized, with mass production to meet large demand of a growing population, which would give rise to new ideologies, such as imperialism, nationalism, communism, and classical liberalism.

Answer 2

The industrial revolution is important to the united states because it is the point in history where we started building powered machines one of the most important developments was the water mill it used water to turn a giant wheel to ground stuff or to power stuff if the industrial revolution never happened we would still be like we were in the 1600s and we would not have modern technology take it from me i have never failed a paper in us history nd i wrote a 100 page essay on it well i have to go cya i hoped my answer helped ^_^

Answer 3

because it marked the time period of when we [as americans] revelutionized from hand-work, to machine work, it was also a time that was very insanitary including the food.

Answer 4

the main significance of the indusrial revolation was quite literally to make money but only the factorey owners would be make any profit off the money being made the workers were paid poorly

Answer 5

It changed the world for better or worse with mechanized help.