The Industrial Revolution Spread After 1815 (Essay Sample)
You will write a two-page essay answering a specific question from the 18th Century until the late 20th Century. You need to examine the significant impact in history from a social, political, economic, or cultural standpoint. You must narrow your focus to a specific goal, impact, or problem of a given person or persons over the course of a few years. The paper will begin with a thesis statement and an introductory paragraph. Over the body of the paper, you will need to support the reasons for your thesis with appropriate examples and quotes from at least four different sources. You will not use Wikipedia or any encyclopedia. You may use scholarly essays and books for reference purposes. You will conclude the paper with a summation of your research by assessing the impact in western civilization.
Choose one topic:
1) Compare and contrast the lives of the aristocracy and the peasantry during the eighteenth century.
2) How and why did the Industrial Revolution spread to the rest of Europe after 1815?
3) Compare and contrast the unification of Italy and Germany. How did the creation of these new nation-states affect the European balance of power?
4) What was the Dreyfus Affair? What does it reveal about European national attitudes and anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth century?
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How and Why the Industrial Revolution Spread to The Rest of Europe After 1815
From 1660 to 1815, Britain’s rapid rise to global geopolitical primacy, maritime hegemony, and evolution into the wealthiest nation globally marked the Industrial Revolution’s commencement. With an increased pool of laborers, an agrarian revolution, and social transformations, the West witnessed “a quantum leap” in its revolution; material wealth increased, child labor set in, and women joined the working class (Spielvogel “Western Civilization: A Brief History 443). The resulting population explosion, agrarian revolution, growth in cottage industries, and expanded foreign trade triggered better living conditions as workers earned high wages.
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