Industrial Revolution and Changes

Factories, whose name derived from the word, "manufactory", and was first built by Richard Arkwright, served great importance as part of the significant changes to life around the globe; the use of factories helped to satisfy human needs and wants with the quickened production of goods. Employees included both adults and children, male and female. Even children as young as six years old worked in factories and could face accidents and dangers. A reform was made in order to improve the conditions of working within factories and prevent children from working a long period of time for a small amount of pay.

The use of electricity also helped to promote the Industrial Revolution by powering useful machinery such as the invention of the light bulb and the Central electric power plant, which provided power to cities. Michael Faraday was the man who discovered electricity in 1831, and from there, scientists have invented objects which use electricity. Thomas Edison not only invented the light bulb in 1879, but he also built  the very first electric power plant. People no longer had to depend on candles or oil lamps for lighting, but light bulbs.

The accomplishments made in transportation was very beneficial to all, where people, goods, and ideas were about to be transported to several different locations in a shorter time period. A variety of forms of transportation are now available to this day because of the Industrial Revolution. This includes steam ships, airplanes, automobiles,  and trains.

The accomplishments made in communication have also been very beneficial for personal lives, entertainment, news, and even for the government, giving advantages in war and useful for communicating with those located a great distance away.

 Inventions of communication include the telegraph, telephone, and radio. The telegraph used Morse Code to communicate through wires which could be connected to different countries. The telephone is the "improved" version of the telegraph, where one may communicate using their voice instead of Morse Code. The radio was originally used to communicate with ships, but have become useful for news and entertainment.

Even after significant improvements have been made, cities continued to grow and change in a way which transforms them in order to improve the lifestyles of others. One way is through urbanization, which is the growth of the population of people within cities. There was also the migration of about twelve million people from around the world. With the cities growing larger, cities required more space. The solutions for this problem included building taller buildings, subways, and the creation of suburbs. By using this, transportation, working, and living would be less crowded.   

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