Industrial Revolution in Victorian England

This chip showed the life of the middle class in the days of Victorian England and the Industrial Revolution. It shows how the Industrial Recolution made the middle class poorer while making the rest of England as a whole richer. As this time in England, everyone had to work so that the family could stay afloat.  Also, most children didn’t go to school but worked in the cotton mills. Children under that age of ten had some of the most dangerous jobs, such as removing small objects from under running machinery. This cahgned only after efforts by such reformers as Elizabeth Gascoll one of queen Victoria’s sisters.

Industrial Revolution

The clips show the time during the Industrial revolution in Britain. The clips mainly focus on the conditions in Manchester. It was the worst conditions there in Manchester for the people who were poor and for the people who were even middle class. The inflation and unemployment was high. The government only used to support the riches and ignored the rights of poor. Many of the people used to work for their lords and they were not allowed to live their lives according to their own way. The education for the children was expensive. Many children used to work in the industries and had dangerous jobs. The whole economy was declining and the poors were suffering very badly. Finally, they decided to fight for their rights. It was interesting to know this about Manchester. I did not know that Manchester was in this condition before.

Industrial Revolution (Simone G.)

In this clip we learn about the industrial age in Manchester. Manchester was overcrowded and dirty. Privacy was a luxury. Jobs were scarce and malnourished children had dangerous job in the cotton factories. An American visitor even commented on how bad the city was and was glad that he did not grow up poor in Manchester. Mary Barton wrote a book trying to open up others’ eyes to what was really going on.

Although the clip was not on a happy note I did not realize that Manchester had started off so badly.

Industrial Revolution in Britain

The clip begins with introducing the working class of Manchester, England. The workers classes were in terrible condition. They were working the Lord. They were earning for the Lord that made there living condition bad. The children were also in work. They were doing dangerous work like scavenger hunting cotton from under the machine. Still they did it because it was better to have a job then having nothing.

Mary Barton’s book showed the real illustration of the Manchester life.Another reformer who stood out of the crowd was Elizabeth Gascol, who actually acted out for these people.

Then these people presented a Magna Carta to the king to get there equal right and the right to vote.

Industrial Revolution in Victorian England

In the video we learn about the extraordinary city of Manchester  and the hardships that were going on at the time. It was a city where people had to make money for the lords. The video starts out by telling us some background infromation. It was bad if you were born poor and human nature was destroyed. Many would be very thankful of not having to deal with such times. The jobs that were offered were terrible because people would spend hours and days tending the machinery. Children were given dangerous jobs as well. But supposely it was worse when there weren’t jobs. Books were written about the miseries of Manchester life. In the book Mary Borton, the stories came true as you read them. Living in those times is the worst anyone could be put through. Elizabeth Gascol was the one to actually act and notice what terrible times were going on, but it didn’t change much. Church became a part of their life and probably the best part.

Industrial Revolution in Victorian England

The short seven minute clip on the industrial revolution in Victoria england depicted, the hardships the middle class had to go through during the industrial revolution. Although the industrial revolution made England  very rich as a nation, it left the working middle class poorer than ever. In order to support the entire family, everyone including the children had to go and work in the cotton mills . Children under ten were given some of the most dangerous jobs, as they had to go and retrieve small objects from underneath running machinery. Elizabeth Gascoll one of queen Victoria’s sisters was the 1st person to  shed light on the “industrial misery” experience by those that worked in the industrial facilities.Elizabeth Gascoll depicted the  anguish of the middle class in england  in the novel  Mary Burton: A Tale of Manchester life. The book accurately depicted the struggles of the middle class, and brought it to the public attention. Mrs. Gascoll believed that honest, graphic social reporting could make a difference in society. Although originally conditions in england were despicable, overtime, improvements in living conditions occurred due to the collective efforts by pregessives reformers such as Elizabeth Gascoll.

Simon Schama on the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England

The youtube documentary by Simon Schama on the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England depicts the negative aspects of the Industrial Revolution in Manchester, England. I would have thought the Industrial Revolution would have bought prosperity to England as whole, but it seems that the prosperity brought on by the Industrial Revolution was only enjoyed by the upper and middle class and didn’t trickle down to the poorest of Manchester residents. Elizabeth Gascoll sped light on the “industrial misery” experience by those that worked in the industrial facilities. She believed that honest, graphic social reporting could make a difference. Een though the Industrial Revolution resulted in misery for the poor of Manchester, when there was a slump in foreign trade things were even worst. The Industrial Revolution led to advancement in trade and industry but at the cost of human suffering.

The Day the World Took Off: One Day–Brenda Denny

This program discusses the reasons why the industrial revolution happened in Britain rather than a city in China or the Islamic Empire. The invention of the Rocket Steam Engine sparked a complete change in civilization as it was known in the 1800s—machines replacing people to do labor. Rather than people living on their own time, their lives were set by the rhythm of machines. They internalized the rhythm of the clock to such a point that they no longer had to reference their watches. In contrast to this new development in society, the people in China did saw “no need for unnecessary action”—quote on the emperor’s wall in the Forbidden City. While clocks had been know about for centuries, the only use that the emperor saw for them was to remind the guards to change shifts. One fact that I found interesting was that if frog legs were placed into a cup of water they would petrify, but when placed into a cup of tea they did not. tea acted as an “anti-bacterial” agent for their water as well as their digestive system. The practice of drinking tea, popular in both Britain and Japan, allowed them to survive and surpass the usual difficulty of population influx. Near the end of the documentary, they discuss how there cannot be development if people live in harmony with nature. The builder of the railroad between Manchester and Liverpool spent years leveling and altering the land in order to allow a flat path for his steam-engine. Thus, the connection between nature and people was diminished, as is the nature of a transient “time is money” culture.