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3) Britain was distinctive because it was the most commercialized out of all of Europe's larger countries. Beginning with landlords, agriculturally they had pushed out the smaller farmers in order to make room for the more fruitful agricultural business that could help produce for the market and make big innovations. Along with this, guilds had basically disappeared meaning the big employers were running their manufacturing enterprises and as the population grew super fast, there was a bunch people ready for industrial work. Besides this, Britain political life encouraged the growth and skills connected to innovation and technology. In fact, the British government favored men of business by creating laws that made it easier for businessmen to make companies and to erase workers unions. And one of the biggest things that helped Britain in the Industrial revolution was the ready supply of oil and coal within easy reach of the main industrial centers. So overall since Britain's society was already relatively laid back and not set in stone as much as many other countries during that time, the new changes that came with the industrial revolution didn't spark emotion for revolt but more welcomed it.
4) The transformation to the British society could be seen as both good and bad. For most of the people within the society, good or bad it was a huge change in general. It was considered very painful and traumatic for a majority of the people as they were made to feel a kind of social conflict and insecurity. It created new opportunities for people too though and it ended up creating a higher standard of living along with higher percentage of participation in the community. The people who suffered the least materially, not surprisingly was the individual landowning aristocrats. They were still needed especially considering the growing population and their need for agricultural crops. That being said however as a class, the British aristocracy actually declined due to the new up and coming business men. This led to a switch in who really ruled the classes in the British society. Businessmen took the lead as they gained what was considered well earned social prestige and the aristocrats lost power. The people in the society who gained the most from the Industrial Revolution was the middle class. In fact, they started living as if they were aristocrats. They were able to buy nicer and bigger homes and they gained as they were the ones who became wealthy owners of the mining companies and so on. The increase in jobs allowed for more families to believe that women belonged in the house to take care of the family and be the heart and emotional stability for the family. As the families were able to afford this way of life more believed this was the best way to live therefore the women in this society were cast to the home and family and that's it.
7) The differences between the Russian and United States Industrial Revolution started in where they began. For the United States it began in the textile industry on New England and exploded after the Civil War. In Russia the Industrial Revolution as first focused specifically on the railroads and heavy industry. Also Russia and the United States changed for different reasons. In the United States the social and economic change was brought on by farmers, worker and businessmen looking for new opportunities while in Russia it was less of a choice from the citizens. The change was more initiated by the state itself and the higher up in order to keep up with the other large growing states in Europe at the time. Therefore it was way more directed than the rise of new interests in the US and other ares of Europe. In America, no political party or huge uprising came out go the industrialization to represent the workers compared to in Russia where there was an entire revolt to go up agains the state who chose everything for them. In Russia and Russia only was industrialization paired with the radical socialist groups and their rise in the society. In America they pretty much deemed socialism as un-American and socialists barely made a dent in the society where conservative ethics took more power.