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**__Agricultural Revolution:__**
The Agricultural Revolution was a period between the 18th century and the end of the 19th century about the agricultural development. A rapid amount of increase of the productivity and improvements was done on the farm technology. Some technology that were improved were plow and moldboard, seed drills, and the machines that harvest which are sickles, reapers, and harvesters.

Plow ^ Seed Drills ^

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Factory work for children in the industrial revolution was a way of very, very tough schooling. It was a start to a very hard life, a life where they would constantly have a fear of poverty, a life of getting by on the ultimate bear minimum. Most factory workers labored for 12 and often times 14 and more hours a day. In fact, it was even common for WOMEN with families and all to work full time in a factory. Factory work was hard for everyone, but at many times it was truly the only option. For the men, (being men) they were expected to work as hard as a horse, and if they couldn't do that, well, it was their problem. They were seen as worthless and only the strongest men strived.=====

This is making factory work sound bad though. Honestly, yes, there were times when people had the worst employers ever. They were horrid lazy ofes who get some twisted, perverted pleasure out of seeing people in agony. It put people to work! I mean, obviously children shouldn't have played a part in this at all. No question about that. There were people who didn't have jobs and scavenged for food like animals. it was Victorian England and it was HARD. The constant threat for starvation and unbelievably widespread poverty because less and less of a problem, of course it still was but not as much. The majority of the population basked in the glory that the industrial revolution brought to them. People who think that it was a bad time.. I don't really think that they're getting it. Even that factory life was bad, it wasn't bad, or cruel (I mean there were sometimes) it was just HARD. Can any of the kids these days even imagine a world where you didn't ride in a car, watch tv, or check their facebook? I highly doubt it. This brought people an easier way of living, the way that they proceeded with normal life things in Victorian England wasn't too much different than back in the times of the Roman Empire when people were still confused about the government, still greedy, doing FARM WORK, and not too educated about technology.

Now when I think of factories, I think of the assembly line and Ford, But factories ranged from food to cloth making. Picture rows and rows (Hundreds) of people shining shoes, stuffing toys, slicing meat. It's a less dangerous occupation then being the president of the United States. Though there were times... when people were being paid obscenely low amounts, abused at work, and not much to look forward to in retirement. But aren't there jobs like that now? Of course. It's just the way society works.