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The Unavoidable Industrial Revolution

From 1750-1830
the Industrial Revolution changed the society and when the
society changes so do the individuals. In the Industrial
Revolution many farmers would fence / close up their land
and get machines to do the work for them. That causing
many farm-workers to loose their job and move to the
cities and to work in factories. It did have many negative
and positive effects on the society. But I think the Industrial
Revolution would have happened sooner or later anyway.
The positive effects that it had were that the world became
more modern and some people really did benefit from it.
Many farm owners earned more money this way. And they
didn't need to use child labor in the fields anymore. The
most important thing it accomplished is that the women had
the opportunity to work in places other then the house and
to get paid for it. But on the other hand it did have many
negative effects too. Many of the factories were very
dangerous and they paid very poorly. Because the family
didn't get enough money for living with only the parents
working many children had to work too. The children got
only 1/10 of the money what a grown man earned. The
work was hard and the conditions were very dangerous
and the children got hurt often. The children had to work
long hours about 8-12 or even sometimes 15 hours a day.
Because they didn't get enough money to buy food they
became very sick and tired and that caused many accidents
to happen. This all could be changed by making child labor
illegal. Because children aren't supposed to be working in
dangerous factories. They should be in school or just be
kids. Another thing they should change is the working
hours. The hours should be limited and a lunch brake
should be mandatory. And the work conditions should be
safer If there were less accidents they would have more
people working. So the Industrial Revolution did have
many negative as well as positive effects on the society but
it would have happened...