Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution holds many connections to the French Revolution. First of all, both the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution united the people. During the French Revolution, the people came together, and changed up the strict social hierarchy that was established at the time. After the French Rev, it was possible to change social ranks, and they were not as set in stone as before. Similar social changes occurred in the Industrial Revolution. Before the Industrial Rev, there were three main classes in Great Brittain: the British Aristocracy, the Middle Classes, and the Laboring Classes. Similar to the situation in France before the French Rev, it was very difficult to move up a social rank. Also, the large majority was a part of the Laboring Classes, just like the majority of people in France was part of the Third Estate. After the Industrial Revolution, people of the Laboring Classes could get better jobs working in factories, and improve their way of life. Another similarity between the two is how quickly their ideas spread. During the French Revolution, it was mainly ideas that were spread around the population. During the Industrial Revolution, not only were ideas spread, but things were actually built. For example, the amount of trains increased dramatically all over Europe, allowing easier transportation for the people. Both the Industrial Rev and the French Rev's main ideas were spread around different countries. One difference between the two is that the Industrial Revolution had longer positive effects. During the French Revolution, the Terror was instituted - killing 10 000s of people, and France later returned to an absolute monarchy. The Industrial Revolution appears to be permanent. Once people had jobs in factories, the improved their way of life for the rest of their working life in most cases.

The Industrial Revolution also resemble the African Slave Trade. In both cases, the economies grew. Jobs were being created, and the workers were being payed. In the Industrial Rev, many factories were established, creating jobs for many people. These factories manufactured goods, and sold them to make a profit. The creation of the African Slave Trade is similar to creating a  factory. People took other people, and sold them to make money. It created jobs, and opportunities for profit for leaders of African people and slave traders. However, there is one major difference between the Industrial Rev and the African Slave Trade: the things being sold from the factories were objects; the things being sold for the slave trade were people.