Catalog and evaluate the impacts changes in social class on British society.
Why did income distribution change in Great Britain from 1750-1850?
How should Parliament improve Britain's emerging class structure?
Changing Class Structure
What was the chief distinction between social classes prior to the Industrial Revolution and why did this distinction change?
Catalog and evaluate the impacts changes in social class on British society.
Why did income distribution change in Great Britain from 1750-1850?
How should Parliament improve Britain's emerging class structure?
Speculators in Change Alley at the height of South Sea shares fever, by Edgar Melville Ward (after)
Catalog and evaluate the impacts changes in social class on British society.
Why did income distribution change in Great Britain from 1750-1850?
How should Parliament improve Britain's emerging class structure?
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1. Once the Industrial Revolution took effect on factories, most of the working class were replaced with machines, but many were hired to operate them. As a result, the working class generally suffered from the revolution. Meanwhile, the middle class, composed of well-educated businessmen and other professionals, and the higher class, a group of rich landowners, were benefiting from the Industrial Revolution. Because of more efficient production of goods, purchasing supplies was made faster and cheaper, an issue the upper two classes might have soon met.
ReplyDeleteIs the replacement of people with machines more beneficialfor the people or is it negative for the population?
DeleteThough workers were fired, they were hired back. Has the introduction of machines in turn not harmed the workers but instead made their jobs easier?
Delete2. As a result from industries growing in numbers, the lower classes were able to purchase goods that were cheaper from the factories. The citizens were able to enjoy luxuries that were not originally available to them.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the working class of the population were suffering from unemployment due to most being replaced by machines. Those who weren't replaced had to work with machines. This posed a big health risk on them.
The upper and middle classes greatly benefited from the revolution. Businessmen were making more money and since prices of goods dropped, the rich people can save their money.
In this case, the Industrial Revolution was not beneficial for everyone.
What effect did the ability of the middle class to afford goods have on innovations in the industrialization and industrialization in general?
Delete3. There is evidence that near the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the working classes' real income per person was growing at a measly 0.3% per year. Such a small increase could ensure the deterioration of a working class, and historians agree that uneven income distribution between 1750 and 1850, combined with the effects of unemployment, pollution, war, overcrowding, poor harvests and other social issues created turmoil in income distribution. In other words, the reason behind the uneven income distribution between 1750 and 1850 was just more uneven income distribution. Because different jobs paid different wages, factories and other job producers compensated and created the uneven distribution.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, Levon! What's your source for this info? Also, what info do you have for real income changes for British entrepreneurs or people who made their livings by means other than labor between 1750-1850?
Delete4. I (Levon doesn't get a say in this) think that in order for the British parliament to improve the growing class structure during the Industrial Revolution is to raise taxes on the upper and middle classes.
ReplyDeleteI say this because the lower and working classes don't need any taxing (they don't make a lot of money anyway).
Parliament could have also improved classes by making industries and businesses pay their low-earning employees more money. This will incline them to work more and not starve to death.
But Parliament didn't do that I'm assuming.
Interesting, Ryan. How should Parliament allocate this additional tax revenue?
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ReplyDeleteDoes this really relate to the project?
DeleteQuestion #2 How did the Industrial Revolution impact the social structure of Britain?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: It impacted most, if not every social class in Britain due to its efficient and obtainable nature. Being cheap and easy, the lower classes can procure products that they couldn't get prior to the revolution.
ReplyDeleteHigher classes could benefit from this by assembling their own factories and businesses. They could gain money from the lower classes and become even richer.
Does this mean that lower classes became even poorer as a cause of this? If so, would there be a way for lower classes to gain wealth?
DeleteQuestion #1: In the end, why did the lower 65% of Britain come out on top when Income Distribution changed in 1750-1850?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/IndustrialRevolutionandtheStandardofLiving.html
Answer: Because of the demands and compensation for varied jobs among business owners during the Industrial Revolution, income distribution changes caused money that was originally getting higher class people rich to move to the lower 65%, which resulted in an increase in real income of more than 70%.