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Industrial Revolution
- Date: mid 1800s not a specific date.[unevenly and gradually]
- where? England.
Creation of mechanized factory system capable of producing vast quantities at own demandMassive and swift, accompanies enlightenment - england didn't have war, therefor industry not overrun with soldiers
- people kicked off their land and went to the cities
- steam engine invented
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- spinning jenny
- 1764
- Does the work of 20 people and faster
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- 19th Century mill with spinning mules
- Women workers, male oversear
- Childeren young as 4 working to fix mules
- spinning machine-kid's arms got cut off
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- Firefly locomotive
- 1839
- First viable mass-produced locomotive
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Free Market Captalism
- Labor was regulated, but not for the new industries
- Child labor keeps cost down, maximizes profit
- Socialist political philosophers and activists argue for social equality and protection of workers' rights.
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Adam Smith
- 1720s-1790
- The market decides payment and wages
- Wealth of Nations
- --advocates replacement of Mercantilism with Free Market Capitalism.
- Economy will naturally self regulate to reach best prices and greatest profit.
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William Blake
- 1757-1827
- Engraver
- Romantic Poet
- --Art, lyric poetry, political liberalism, christian mysticism
- Songs of Innocence:
- Little lamb, I'll tell thee,
- Little lamb, I'll tell thee:
- He is called by thy name,
- For He calls Himself a Lamb.
- He is meek, and He is mild;
- He became a little child.
- I a child, and thou a lamb,
- We are called by His name.
- Little lamb, God bless thee!
- Little lamb, God bless thee!
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William Wordsworth
- 1770-1850
- Middleclass
- fathered child in Revolutionary France
- poets are more passionate, contemplative, and imaginative
- poetry to express/excite powerful feelings
- supports truths with passions, not testimony
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