Response
The Industrial Revolution had an influence on colonialism because of the progress made during the time. With new advancements in technology, medicine, and transportation, Britain and other developed countries were able to colonize other places in the world. European nations colonized around the world for many different reasons: plentiful resources, promises of land, and economic interest; as well as an obligation to share their medicine, law, technology, and religion.
This need to share advancements is explainable through the poem, The White Man's Burden, by English Poet Rudyard Kipling:
(excerpt)
Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
The Industrial Revolution impacts us today because we still use many of the things conceived during the Industrial Revolution. There were many crucial inventions and discoveries during the Revolution such as antibiotics, steam engines, steam engines, the puddling process, and the spinning jenny. Over the years, as technology has continued to advance, we see things that had origins in the Industrial Revolution such as telephones, petrol engines, cameras, and modern science. Thanks to the Industrial revolution, we have the opportunity to enjoy many luxuries today.
This need to share advancements is explainable through the poem, The White Man's Burden, by English Poet Rudyard Kipling:
(excerpt)
Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
The Industrial Revolution impacts us today because we still use many of the things conceived during the Industrial Revolution. There were many crucial inventions and discoveries during the Revolution such as antibiotics, steam engines, steam engines, the puddling process, and the spinning jenny. Over the years, as technology has continued to advance, we see things that had origins in the Industrial Revolution such as telephones, petrol engines, cameras, and modern science. Thanks to the Industrial revolution, we have the opportunity to enjoy many luxuries today.