VAISHNAVI R.C

SOCIALSCIENCE

BNV COLLEGE OF TEACHING EDUCATION

THIRUVALLAM

REG NO: 169 143 57 023

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

WELCOME TO

THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

CONTENT

• WHAT DOES REVOLUTION MEAN• INDUSTRAL REVOLUTION• FEATURES• MAIN CAUSES• POSITIVE & NEGATIVE IMPACTS• FOR WHAT PURPOSE• WHAT MEASURES HELPED TO REVOLUTION SUCCESSFUL• INSPIRATION AFTER REVOLUTION• RESULTS• REVOLUTION FOR FUTURE• CONCLUSION

WHAT DOES REVOLUTION MEAN ?

• A REVOLUTION MEANS MOVEMENTS WHICH BRING ABOUT BASIC AND TOTAL CHANGES IN SOCIETY.

• A REVOLUTION WHICH TAKES PLACE IN A PARTICULAR SOCIETY MAY AFFECT OTHER CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.

• A REVOLUTION WHICH TAKES PLACE IN ONE AGE MAY INFLUENCE SUBSEQUENT AGES .

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

THE CHANGES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN ENGLAND FROM THE 18TH CENTURY ONWARDS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

FEATURES OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION• BASIC FEATURE WAS HUMAN LABOUR SUBSTITUTED BY MACHINES.

• BASIC CHANGES IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECTORS.

• REVOLUTION BROKE OUT WITH THE HELP OF SCIENCE

• IT INFLUENCED WORLD IN GENERAL & EUROPE IN PARTICULAR.

• THE EMERGENCE OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM

• THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT MADE IN FIELD OF SCIENCE.

MAIN CAUSES FOR REVOLUTION• SUFFERINGS OF MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE

• ABSENCE OF WORKER’S RIGHTS

• HARDSHIPS OF LABOURS IN FACTORY

• DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS

• ECONOMIC CRISIS IN CAPITALISM

• THE EMERGENCE OF MIDDLE CLASS WHO WERE DENIED THEIR RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

• DISUNITY AMONG CAPITALISTS & COMMONS.

• DECREASED PRODUCTION IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.

• DEPRESSION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH

POSITIVE IMPACTS • I t’s impact was global .• Increased production in Industry• Demand on investment on capi tal• Development of transport• Growth of Banks & Joint stock companies• Transi tion from guild system to factory sys tem• Changes in relat ionship between entrepreneurs & the labours• Intensi f ied the process of colonization.• Expansion of Imperial ism• Reduction in Individual loss through sale of shares• Raising capital

NEGATIVE IMPACTS• Profit loss for capitalists

• Paid only low wages by workers

• Workers get right to vote very later.

• According to Laissez -faire policy, government couldn’t interfere in activities of factory

• Workers exploited by capitalists

FOR WHAT PURPOSE ?• To bring about tremendous changes in the socio-economic and political fields.

• To bring development in Industrial sector.

• To grow economic conditions

• To improve standard of living in society

• To reduce human’s hardships

• To replace machines on man’s control over his environment

WHAT MEASURES HELPED TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SUCCESSFUL ?• UNITY AMONG MIDDLE CLASSES

• PROGRESS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BY LONG DISTANCE TRADE

• SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY

• UNITY, STRENGTH, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES WERE COMBINED

FORCE OF REVOLUTIONARIES.

INSPIRATION AFTER REVOLUTION• SOCIALISM IS THE IDEOLOGY TO INSPIRE OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH ARE

REPUBLIC

• INFLUENCED THEIR POLICIES AND SCHEMES TO OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO

• STRICT LAWS CAME INTO EFFECT IN OTHER COUNTRIES AGAINST CAPITALISTS

• REFORMS ACT INFLUENCED OTHER COUNTRIES AND STRENGTH GIVEN TO COMMONS

RESULTS OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION• Emergence of New capitalists as prominent heads

• Capitalists demanded equal status with the nobles.

• British parliament passed the Reforms Act in 1832

• Capitalists enfranchised by Reforms Act

• Pocket boroughs were abolished

• Victory won by the commons over the house of lords

• Common people planned chartist movement for worker’s rights

• Formation of Labour Unions

• Enactment of factory laws to regulate the working conditions

• As a result of this, officials were appointed to inspect factories.

• Employing children below the age of nine was prohibited.

• The working hours of women labour were reduced to ten.

REVOLUTION FOR FUTURE• EXPERIENCE IS THE GREAT INSPIRATION FOR FUTURE

• REVOLUTION HELPS TO TRANSMISSION FROM PAST GENERATION TO NEW GENERATION

• NATIONALISM AND SOCIALISM WERE PROMOTED FACTORS TO FUTURE GENERATION

CONCLUSION• THE REVOLUTION BROUGHT AGGREGATE DEVELOPMENTS IN

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN VARIOUS ANGLES.

• THIS NECESSITATED THE SEARCH FOR RAW MATERIALS AND MARKETS FOR THE FINISHED GOODS.

• THIS INTENSIFIED THE PROCESS OF COLONISATION AND IMPERIALIST EXPANSION

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