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The Steam Engine
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2. Culture of the United Kingdom
Highly developed and specialized
13 percent of workforce is self-employed
Self-sufficient
Politically and culturally prominent
Has a high dependence on the world
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3. Culture of the United Kingdom(Continued)
Does not have a separate parliament
Contact with government is achieved through Government Offices for Regions
Prefer political experience and respect
Elite education and background
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4. Culture of the United Kingdom(Continued)
10 percent are atheists
15 percent claim to be agnostics
20 percent believe in God
Christians celebrate rituals that vary by denomination
Commitment to equality for women and men
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5. History of the Steam Engine
The first working steam engine was Thomas Newcomens atmospheric engine used in a mine in Dudley in 1712
Used the vacuum created by condensing steam to power a piston to pump water.
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6. History of the Steam Engine(Continued)
During the 1760s, James Watt improved the design of the Newcomen engine by developing a rotary engine that could turn a shaft and drive machinery
Became the basis of all the power in the Industrial Revolution
James Watt
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7. History of the Steam Engine(Continued)
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Effects in Great Britain:
Power for Industry
Transport
Agriculture
Location of Industry
Organization of Industry
Conditions of Labor
8. Positive Impact
The steam locomotive pioneered a revolution in how goods were transported between cities and had a profound effect on commerce at the time. The first steam locomotive was made by Richard Trevithick on February 21st of 1804.
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9. Positive Impact(Continued)
Steam engines like these transporting materials around the country sparked a period of rapid industrial growth powered by coal as towns sprung up along rail lines.
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10. Positive Impact(Continued)
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This rapid growth brought an economy operated by laissez-faire, a principle where the government has no involvement in the operation of a countries economy.
11. This lack of involvement created such poor working conditions that eventually social reforms were made in the form of The Factory Acts which spanned a number of years in the 1800s.
Positive Impact(Continued)
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12. The Factory Acts were instrumental in protecting the rights of workers by establishing how long work days could be, what safety standards must be in place, and governed how often children and women were allowed to work.
Positive Impact(Continued)
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13. Negative Impact
Child Labor
Children worked asyoung as six years old
Worked for long hours with little or no pay
Cruel punishments tardiness and low quotas
1833 the Parliament passed the Factory Act
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14. Negative Impact(Continued)
Air Pollution
Factories raised air pollution
Transformation of the fuel, such as coal, into mechanical work
Respiratory illness grew amongst the low poverty areas
Clean Air Act of 1956 and 1968
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15. Negative Impact(Continued)
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Housing
Overcrowded slum housing
Unsanitary living conditions caused poor health and early death
The Cholera epidemic spread through the population
Hundreds of evictions and rotted bodies were found
16. Moral & Ethical Issues
Industrial Revolution transformation of European Agriculture, technological and manufacturing growth.
Rapid growth of population and demand for goods.
Economical effect
Environmental effect
Social effect
Technological effect
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17. Moral & Ethical Issues(Continued)
Creation of social and political ideology
Political effect
Social Problem
Rise in poor population
Rise of price of goods
The rise of living standard
Massive production of Manufacturer goods
More people lined up for jobs
Extra hard work for many underpaid workers
Longer hours and Less pay from manufacture
More benefits for the investors, owners of manufactures
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18. Moral & Ethical Issues(Continued)
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Manufacture demands for underpaid women in workforce
Disrespectful to many women in social economic
Immigrant families and farmers relocated in Great Britain and Germany
More segregation of religion freedom among immigrants
Changes in social life
Consumer demand and social economy
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