The Industrial Revolution

Though the Industrial Revolution seemed flawless due to the great inventions and increased production, it created a great lack of raw materials.

The Industrial Revolution is one of the greatest event in all history. It is the main reason why we have all the technology today, and why everything is so cheap. Before this event, most of all the things are manufactured, or made all by hand. Or at least simple, inefficient tools. A good example would be clothing, hand making them all by hand is going to take forever. Need to get the raw materials, spin it into thread, weave it, color it, etc. Most important addition to the time required to actually make a simple shirt, but the cost of it. Since it was made all by hand, plus the time consumed, the price would be much higher than a simple shirt we have today. The industrial revolution is a series of new inventions that made production extremely faster. For example, the first invented engines, the steam engines. This invention can be used in many ways, but mostly acts as a steam powered motor. Like the Locomotive train, which allowed huge amounts of people to travel long distances, or the steamship. Factories started to appear, after the invention of the steam engines. As more factories appear, profit expand, and everything became cheaper. As more and more factories appear, competition for the quantity and quality of the product gets fierce. This created the demand for new inventions to better their factories, which in effect made more inventors and inventions. One of the most types of inventions in this event, was inventions that made production of clothes much faster, cheaper, and much more in quantity. Those types of inventions include the "Spinning Jenny," "The Spinning Frame," "The Cotton Gin," and many more. Due to increased supply of high quality clothing, demand decreased, so does the price. Same applies to other products, as the supply increased demand and price decreased. Other great inventions also include the Telegraph - Samuel Morse, Tomas Edison and his light bulb, Alexander Graham bell and his telephone.Benjamin Holt and his tractor, the Wright brothers with their airplanes, etc. The inventions of this time period, is mostly ancestors of modern day technology. Though this event may seem great and flawless, it is not exactly perfect. Due to the mass production, in turn comes the lack of raw materials. Which later on, most industrialized countries seek raw materials, else where. Before this event ever happened, one of the most thought event to trigger this event is the Agricultural Revolution. As inventions in agriculture emerge, food supply goes soaring high. As the supply increased, demand decreased, and the price decreased. As the food increased, the farming labor, became very low. With more people not needed in farms, many people go unemployed, which made them migrate to the cities and urban areas. As the food prices drop, along side the great food surplus created. Many people migrated to cities, and towns. As people moved to cities, it created new jobs, and which allowed the production of specialized workers.