Economic Advance & Social Unrest AP EURO Chapter 21
Shift From Human and Animal Power to Mechanical Power 1. Agricultural Revolution 1700’s led to abundant food supply 2. the Enclosure Movement forced many poor rural people to move to cities and work in factories YycnqM YycnqM
Population Growth Europe’s population increased from 120 million in 1700 to 190 million in 1800 This growth in population created a pool of workers
Why Did the Industrial Revolution Begin in England ? 1. Innovations in agriculture (mid 1700’s) 2. New Technology -Textile industry 3. Large population 4. Stable Economy 5. Coal & Iron Production 6. Harbors & Rivers
British Textile Industry Introduction of the Factory system led to growth of Textile Industry Textiles shipped all over the world Great Britain ’ s economic foundation
British Textile Industry
Manchester, England Center of Textile Industry Population grew due to: Urbanization – movement of people to cities
Manchester, England In 1842 a German visitor noted that he had seen so many people in the streets of Manchester without arms and legs that it was like "living in the midst of the army just returned from a campaign."Manchester
Working Conditions in Factories ’s Dangerous machinery Loss of limbs, life common No ventilation, sanitation hot / cold No such thing as worker ’ s rights
CHILD LABOR
Western European Countries Followed Industrial Pattern by 1830 People Migrated to cities: 1. In England: ½ of population moved to cities 2. France: ¼ moved to cities
Impact of Migration … Cities not Prepared to receive Large Numbers 1. Inadequate housing 2. Contaminated water, sewers 3. Disease 4. Crime 5. Degradation at factories
Railways Facilitated Movement 1830 ’ s-1840 ’ s Construction of: 1. Railroad building 2. Canals, 3. Roads Cheaper, faster Methods of transportation for people and products
Factories & Wage Labor End of the domestic system Displaced previous skilled laborers Factory workers contributed their labor for a wage Proletariat – industrial workers who sell their labor to live.
Factory Owners Preferred … Hiring young, single women or widows to work in factories in some cases Children instead than the wives were sent to work
Changes in Family Structure Family ceased to be the basic unit of production and consumption Economic & home life no longer the same
Laboring Poor Long hours, low wages, unskilled workers Women received lower wages Factories and mines employed children as young as 6
Irish Potato Famine Potatoes introduced from South America in 17 th cent. Irish peasants depended on potato crop
Irish Potato Famine 1845 a fungus (blight) Harmed crops ½ million Irish peasants died Survivors immigrated the United States
Irish Potato Famine
English Factory Act, 1833 Forbade employment of children under 9 Limited the workday for children (9-13) to 9 hours
Mines Act, 1842 Women and children under 10 Forbidden from working in mines
Ten Hours Act, 1847 Limited the workday for women and children To 10 hours per day
Chartism 1 st large scale European working class movement Workers sought political reform Petitions with signatures London Workingmen ’ s Association demanded 6 specific reforms
Chartism – charter 6 reforms 1. Universal male suffrage 2. Annual election of House of Commons 3. Equal electoral districts 4. Abolition of property qualifications for members of House of Commons 5. Secret ballot 6. No payment of salary to House of Commons
Response Urban Crime Professional Police Force are established 1. Paris 1828 2. London 1828 (Bobbies) Visible presence deterred crime
Prison Reform Late 18 th Century – Mid 19 th Century: serious offenders sentenced to transportation to Australia!
Prison Reform 1840 ’ s France & England led the way Goal of prison = to rehabilitate prisoner Individual cells, separation form other prisoners led to self- reflection
Classical Economists Studied the problems created by industrial communities “ grim economists ”
1. Thomas Malthus Essay on Principle of Population (1798) Population will always be greater than food supply Poverty and misery will always exist
2. David Ricardo Principles of Political Economy (1817) “ Iron Law of Wages ” If wages are raised, parents have more children. More laborers = lower wages, fewer jobs
Early Socialism … 1. response to industrial revolution 2. disapproves of current economic systems 3. Questions private ownership & means of production 4. fairer distribution of income among working class
Utopian Socialism 1. Saint-Simon - France -planned society public owns capital & industrial equipment -no need for nobility or clergy class -laborers = productive citizens
Utopian Socialists 2. Charles Fourier – France Imagined utopian communities “ phalanxes ” Made up of 1,620 individuals Never materialized
Utopian Socialists 3. Flora Tristan Fought for equality for women in marriage & workplace
Utopian Socialists 4. Etienne Cabet – French Wrote novel describing ideal city w/ economic harmony & education 5. Louis Blanc- “ national workshops ” state supported manufacturing centers for unemployed
G.W.F. Hegel ’ s Theories 1. Reality a process of endless change 2. History results from a series of change or 3. “ Dialectic ” reaction of opposites
G.W.F. Hegel ’ s Theories A given state of affairs is called “ thesis ” It produces the concept of an opposite state, “ anti-thesis ” Any reconciliation of the two “ synthesis ” As ideas clash, new ideas emerge
Marxian Socialism Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels Both Write : Communist Manifesto, 1848 Marx Wrote: Das Kapital, 1867 Engels Writes: The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1844 Influenced by Hegel
Marxian Socialism 1.History advances through conflict 2.Economics major force of change 3.Class that controls production becomes ruling class 4. Conflict between classes is inevitable Class struggle moves history forward.
Marx ’ s 4 Stages of Economic Life 1. Primitive 2. Slave 3. Feudal 4. Capitalist
Therefore … Socialism – means of production, such as capital, land, raw materials, factories or land should be owned and controlled by society Communism – In the theories of Marx & Engels, a society without class distinctions or private property
The Age of “ -isms ” The age of ideologies, or “ -isms ” “ -isms ” influence how people viewed events and motivated them to action
Revolutions 1848
Revolutions All Over Europe 1848 Causes: 1. Liberals feel frustration at lack of political change 2. Ethnic minorities left out 3. Lives of working class
Revolutions of 1848 General Desires: 1. Constitutions 2. Independence & unification of nationalist groups 3. End of serfdom in Eastern Europe