Question

Answer all the questions given under the caption.

Effects of the Industrial Revolution in England

1. What did the Industrial Revolution lead to?
2. Mention the new dynamics brought in politics.
3. How did it affect the environment?
4. Write about the report published by the British Parliament in 1842.

Answer 1

1. Industrial Revolution led to the expansion of trade, the production of more food, the emergence of factory workers as a new class.
2. The rise and growth of cities resulting in rapid urbanization and organized working-class, movements, seeking voting rights and regulation of their service conditions brought about new dynamics in politics.
3. The use of chemicals and fossil fuels that replaced wind, water, and firewood resulted in increased air and water pollution.
4. In 1842, the British Parliament published a report about the state of coal mining – the Mines Report – and the report informed the public that children under five years of age worked underground as trappers for 12 hours a day and for a daily wage of 2 pennies; older girls carried baskets of coal which caused deformities.