The Industrial Revolution

READ Strayer p. 534, then the table on 535, map on 531, and last p. 527-528. Then WRITE a blog post in which you discuss possible connections between what you read and, first, the French Revolution and, second, the African slave trade.

The Industrial Revolution relates to the French Revolution in various ways. First, both transformed European society and Europe advanced farther than many other countries with these two revolutions. The Industrial Revolution helped the economic, scientific, and social change in Europe. For example, agriculture shrank in importance while the social and scientific aspect of Europe grew tremendously. Technology grew of course in the Industrial Revolution because people invented new machines and explored the various ways to complete daily chores. Socially, men and women did not have to work as hard and it socially changed Europe's people and amount of labor. But everybody were not affected positively from the Revolution because it was a tough process and there were a lot of social conflicts. During the French Revolution, everybody was affected socially and economically too. For example, all the peasants and people from the third estate gained social and economic power instead of a few nobles making all the decisions. From this revolution, everybody was not positively affected because there were hundreds of people killed from the new changes socially in France. Overall, these two revolutions had positive and negative impacts on Europe in many different aspects.


The Industrial Revolution and the slave trade can be related with the economic and social changes that happened in Europe. Many people in Europe have used slaves and children for labor in mines, mills, and factories. They needed small children who were young and had a lot of strength to work in the small places that would be difficult labor for adults. Economically, everybody was able to complete tasks and chores quicker with slaves. With slave trade, the wealthy people became non-reliable to work for themselves. They relied extremely on slaves and increased the need for more slaves and increased the slave trade in Europe. The more people used slaves, the more they depended on them to do their work and the people of Europe became more and more non-active.