Chapter 17 3 questions Module
Chapter 17 discusses The industrial revolution which took place between 1750 and 1900 which originated in Western Europe. This was the spark of a new era and new ideas of enlightenment. The start of our world that we live in today. As numbers grew from 375 million people in 1400 to about 1 billion created an energy crisis making charcoal and wood scarce "pushing the global energy crisis" (828).
1) In what respects did the roots of the Industrial Revolution lie within Europe? In what ways did that transformation have global roots?
Within Europe, industrialization was the new way of life which was then spread world wide changing ways of life, ways of thinking, and religious beliefs. The industrial revolution was the advancement of technology and was in affect in majority of the places in the world except China and the Ottoman empire due to financial opportunity costs that would hurt their economy greatly. The industrial revolution "had human ways of life been so fundamentally altered"(828) as mentioned the views of people were changed due to the scientic discoveries that clashed with the religious views. In Europes transition to a industrialized society, they became a more "trade: based root economy developingtade roots to china and india. Establishing these trade routes created global roots of connections to acquire new ideas of inventions and other resources. As the industrial era grew civilizations started moving towards "Soon the industrial Revolution spread beyond the textile industry to iron and steel production, rail roads, and steamships, food processing, and construction"(830). The industrial revolution created new forms of trade, new discoveries and use of technology and resources, and new development ideas.
2) What did humankind gain from the Industrial Revolution, and what did it lose?
Humankind gained many things from the Industrial Revolution. Humankind and the modern world that we live in was built off of the industrialization era such as the world wide forms of commerce, world wide network of trade between each and every country, exchange of ideas between each country for new ideas of development, and etc. Starting from Europe, the main goals to move forward was, "internal development that favored innovation"(898). Only thing I see that it lost was the 100% belief in religious concepts for many people due to the discoveries of scientific speculations that people thought that clashed with common belief of Spiritual power and creation.
3)How did the Industrial Revolution interact with the Scientific Revolution and the French Revolution to generate Europe's modern transformation?
The interaction between the scientific revolution and the French Revolution to generate Europes modern transformation to develop their society and move them up the chain of power and have complete rule over the other nations. Before the interaction Western Europe alone was very dominate and the two revolutions ultimately encouraged the pursuit for new discovery and more industrialization of new inventions.
1) In what respects did the roots of the Industrial Revolution lie within Europe? In what ways did that transformation have global roots?
Within Europe, industrialization was the new way of life which was then spread world wide changing ways of life, ways of thinking, and religious beliefs. The industrial revolution was the advancement of technology and was in affect in majority of the places in the world except China and the Ottoman empire due to financial opportunity costs that would hurt their economy greatly. The industrial revolution "had human ways of life been so fundamentally altered"(828) as mentioned the views of people were changed due to the scientic discoveries that clashed with the religious views. In Europes transition to a industrialized society, they became a more "trade: based root economy developingtade roots to china and india. Establishing these trade routes created global roots of connections to acquire new ideas of inventions and other resources. As the industrial era grew civilizations started moving towards "Soon the industrial Revolution spread beyond the textile industry to iron and steel production, rail roads, and steamships, food processing, and construction"(830). The industrial revolution created new forms of trade, new discoveries and use of technology and resources, and new development ideas.
2) What did humankind gain from the Industrial Revolution, and what did it lose?
Humankind gained many things from the Industrial Revolution. Humankind and the modern world that we live in was built off of the industrialization era such as the world wide forms of commerce, world wide network of trade between each and every country, exchange of ideas between each country for new ideas of development, and etc. Starting from Europe, the main goals to move forward was, "internal development that favored innovation"(898). Only thing I see that it lost was the 100% belief in religious concepts for many people due to the discoveries of scientific speculations that people thought that clashed with common belief of Spiritual power and creation.
3)How did the Industrial Revolution interact with the Scientific Revolution and the French Revolution to generate Europe's modern transformation?
The interaction between the scientific revolution and the French Revolution to generate Europes modern transformation to develop their society and move them up the chain of power and have complete rule over the other nations. Before the interaction Western Europe alone was very dominate and the two revolutions ultimately encouraged the pursuit for new discovery and more industrialization of new inventions.
Hello Nick,
ReplyDeleteI really liked how much information you put for each answer. I totally understood more of Chapter 17 when reading your answers. I also liked how you put specific quotes to make your answers more relatable to the chapter.