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This was a time in which inventions furthered the ability of man. This made things run a lot faster. Anything, from machines, to obtaining resources by these machines to make more and new ones. City-states would be the result of the Industrial revolution. This was also good for those who wanted work because factories were made during this time, thus making work available. During these times, machines took over for the manual labor that was accustomed. these machines caused trade to be much easier. They could build canals, and railroads. Coal was a primary reason for most of the advances, Trains, electric power generator. The first one was would lead to a second Industrial revolution. The reason why it started it in England was because of the end of Feudalism. This caused the English civil war.

Cities were both good and bad. they were good because people could socialize. This allowed workers to get acquainted in stead of working by themselves. Since every one had to be in cities, it allowed learning to commence, thus the intelligence level increases. However, there was a down side to cities as well. Since a lot of people lived together, and it was dirty, this allowed diseases to spread fast and kill a lot of people in the towns. Also, Over population set up for a need for a lot of constant supplies.

They had child labor, which means children as old as five could be working in Textile mills or coal mines for almost nothing. The reason why factories did this was because they did cheap labor and they did almost the same work as adults. A lot of children would end up dieing in the mills or factories because of over-work or starvation. They would use the materials to mass produce products, causing Objects to be very cheap and inventions were at a prime here. They made steam powered boats, pots, pans, and they used iron and coal to make these inventions.