Activities

Complete the following notes. They will give you an outline of the information contained in the passage. The main points, relations of cause-effect, illustrations etc. are clearly indicated in the text by logical connectors. Look out for them. 

•  (par. 1) The Industrial Revolution .brought radical changes in 19th

century in England and in the western world .........................................................................................................................................................................................……………………………………………………………………………………..……………………….

led to growth of two systems of thought:

1) Economic science                      2) Socialism

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 • (par. 2-3) Facts of Industrial Revolution. 

• (par. 4) Decrease in rural population.

causes:     1)  ..... the destruction of the common-field system of cultivation

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     2)   ........ the enclosure, on a large scale, of common and waste lands

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     3)   ...... and the consolidation of small farms into large

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• (par. 5) Agricultural advance.

cause — more scientific approach:

e.g.  

• (par. 6-7) Growth of industry.

causes;

1) mechanical inventions in textile industry

e.g.  

most important:

2) mechanical revolution in iron industry

e.g.  

3) improved means of communication

e.g.  

results:   1)  .......extraordinary increase in trade

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     2) substitution of factory system for domestic system.

• (par. 8) Revolution in distribution of wealth:

rise in rents caused by

social changes in country life:

• (par. 9) Social changes in manufacturing world: in the population there  is a distinct separation,  no longer characterized by a middle class but by rich and poor and that is why  social changes happen …………………………………

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consequences:

 1)  ……change in their habits …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2)  alienation between farmer and labourer may be dated  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3) class conflict.

• (par. 10) Misery of working people often caused by:

Conclusion:

The effects of Industrial Revolution prove that free competition may produce wealth without producing well-being. We all know the horrors that ensued in England before it was restrained by legislation and combination.