During the 18th century the Industrial Revolution began in England. Cheap labor was in substantial demand. Millions of teenagers who did not go to school engulfed in the thousands of factories. Children would work six days a week, 14 hours a day around dangerous machines for a diminutive amount of pay. If a worker did not keep up with the pace of the machine they would received harsh and severe discipline. Inside the factories the air was contaminated and so dark that the workers could hardly see.
Before the Industrial Revolution there was the Agricultural Revolution. Using new seeding and harvesting methods farmers were able to increase their crops, increasing their land, which enabled them to care for larger fields. On the positive side this allowed landowners to experiment with crop production, but- it also permitted landowner to push farmers to becoming tenants or to give up farming as a whole and move to the city. These agricultural changes eventually paved the way for the Industrial Revolution.
In time- the need for handmade goods became imperceptible. Machines were taking the place of the hard workers and leaving them jobless or in poverty. The Industrial Revolution tersely led to human suffering.
Poor workers which consist of workers overworked and underpaid
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