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Thesis
Enlightenment ideas caused the industrial revolution by making the philosophers and great thinkers of the time think smarter, not harder, so they did exactly that, they made steam engines, cotton gyns, power looms, and the telegraph; resulting in the enhancement and change of peoples lifestyles; which lead to all of the new technologies that we have in today's society. -
Revolution Evidence and Analysis 1
“The technological changes included the following: (1) the use of new basic materials, chiefly iron and steel, (2) the use of new energy sources, including both fuels and motive power, such as coal, steam engine, electricity, petroleum, and the internal-combustion engine, (3) the invention of new machines,” (Britannica). During the revolution great thinkers like Joel Mokyr and other people who were creating and thinking of new philosophies, just like people were inventing new technologies. -
Revolution Evidence and Analysis 2
“a new organization of work known as the factory system, which entailed increased division of labor and specialization of function, agricultural improvements that made possible the provision of food for a larger nonagricultural population,”(Britannica) Because of the Factory system being made and more factories being made around the U.S. it lead to more mass produced items being able to be shipped out faster than ever before. And because of all this mass produced items being shipped out to many -
Revolution and Analysis Evidence 2 (continued)
places around the U.S. we were now able to sell all of the stuff and goods that came out of the factories to foreign countries to make more money. -
Revolution Evidence and Analysis 3
"important developments in transportation and communication, including the steam locomotive, steamship, automobile, airplane, telegraph, and radio, and (6) the increasing application of science to industry."(Britannica) During the industrial Revolution people like Robert Fulton, John Stevens, and George Stephenson helped progress the technologies in transportation in railroads, and transportation overall. Which lead to the cars, trains, and boats we have in todays society. -
Revolution Evidence and Analysis 4
"These technological changes made possible a tremendously increased use of natural resources and the mass production of manufactured goods." (Britannica) Many factories during this revolution were being made all around the U.S. Because of all the new factories being made they were able to produce so many more goods to ship to supermarkets, stores, and other countries to make more money. -
Revolution and Evidence 5
"sweeping social changes, including the growth of cities, the development of working-class movements, and the emergence of new patterns of authority," (Britannica) Because of all the new factories and all these people inventing new things to make the daily life even easer it lead to the growth of cities and new people coming up with more ideas to make life even easer than they already made it. -
Enlightenment evidence and Analysis 1
“Joel Mokyr argues that aspects of the Scientific Revolution merged with elements of the Enlightenment, generating an “Industrial Enlightenment”” (Britannica) Joel Mokyr said that the scientific revolution met with the ideas of the enlightenment ideas. After the technologies and the ideas of the enlightenment thinkers merged it became the industrial revolution. -
Enlightenment Evidence and Analysis 2
“Enlightenment philosophy then intensified the Industrial Revolution by changing the British political system and guiding its deliberations.” (Merchants and Mechanics) Enlightenment philosophy made the industrial revolution more well known to other philosophers around the world. It even reached places in Britain. -
Enlightenment Evidence and Analysis 3
“People like Adam Smith thought of new ideas for inventions from about 1870 onwards, new technologies were often based on advances in scientific knowledge. Before that time, and in particular during the Industrial Revolution, the connection between science and technology was tenuous” (Merchants and Mechanics) Adam Smith was a great thinker of the industrial revolution. He made many technological advancements, and help invent many of the technologies that we have upgraded and are using today. -
Enlightenment Evidence and Analysis 4
“At the time of the Industrial Revolution, one of the most respected advocates of scientific methodology was Francis Bacon (1561-1626).” (Merchants and Mechanics) Francis Bacon popularized the scientific method which in laws of science are discovered by gathering and analyzing data from experiments and observations, rather than by using logic-based arguments. -
Enlightenment Evidence and Analysis 5
“Many of the technologies of the Industrial Revolution were developed by exactly this sort of person — James Watt, John Smeaton, Josiah Wedgwood and Isambard Kingdom Brunel being prominent examples.” (Merchants and Mechanics) All of the people in the industrial revolution such as James Watt, John Smeaton, Josiah Wedgwood and Isambard Kingdom Brunel played a big role in the revolution because of their enlightenment ideas on new technologies to make life easier for the people back then. -
Work Cited 1
“The Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution.” Merchants and Mechanics, 25 Dec. 2017, https://merchantsandmechanics.com/2017/12/25/two-revolutions-and-an-enlightenment/. -
Work Cited 2
Industrial Revolution | Definition, History, Dates, Summary, & Facts | Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution. Accessed 23 Feb. 2022.