Industrial France And England
Industrial France And EnglandAndrew Battaini 2/16/00
Industrial France and England
The impact Industrial Revolution was immense on the countries of France and England, which
caused large changes in the social classes. Another class of peoples emerged in England and France; they
were the middle classes. The middle class was made up of intelligent people who made their money
through their smarts and not how they were born. This was clearly proven in France when it's middle class
emerged and being influenced by the philosophies filtered ideas of natural rights (life, liberty, and
property). This in turn created ideas of revolution in France which eventually overthrew the monarch and
set up there own government. Both of these countries however used the Industrial Revolution to there
advantage in terms of new inventions and bettering the economy. This essay will show the impact of the
Industrial Revolution on France and England.
England started its Industrial Revolution at its peak by first having the proper tools available at the
right time. One of the reasons England did so well before the Industrial Revolution was that it had a strong
merchant marine which got the materials that didn't occur naturally on there island. This also allowed them
to gain news of technological advances and soon machines replaced the gape where workers couldn't be
because of the limited work force. And due to England's supremacy of the sea anything they couldn't make
now they could trade for it. This led to a better economy, which fell into the time slot of the industrial
revolution. Through out all of this the classes remained the same except the small percent of peasants that
moved up to the middle class. Family life was very similar through out Europe and there was no exception
in England , the father was the head of the family and worked while the women stayed home and took care
of the children an did most of the household chores. Rural life did not change much but urban life did with
people moving to the cities to work in factories so population in cities grew gradually, but this sudden flood
of people made many of them homeless because there was not enough room for them ,so they ether walked
many miles to work or if lucky enough a person could find a room to live in. This...
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