Assessment #1: Industrialization and Imperialism by Jacob Carpenter

1804 - Steam Locomotive Invented

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The invention allowed products to be moved at greater speed and quantity. This movement of goods from the factories to towns allowing the factories to make more money.

1854 - The Treaty of Kanagawa

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The Treaty of Kanagawa allowed for industrialization to move into Asia. Specifically in Japan, trade began to move into the country from Europe through the opened ports. This also allowed them to send diplomats to other countries to help model their industrialization off of successful ones around the world.

1858 - Britain Colonizes India

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The colonization of India by Britain while all of the other imperial countries were scrambling for Africa allowed Britain to gain a lot of economic power over India and the rest of the world. This gave them exclusive access to resources like silk and porcelain which were not readily available everywhere in the world. Now the only way for other countries to obtain it was by buying it from Britain.

1838 - Queen Victoria’s Coronation

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Queen Victoria's rule was very essential to England’s success in imperialism. Under 63-year rule, Britain was able to control more than a quarter of Earth's land and specifically, she was able to control India which was to great profit to Britain.

1899 - The White Man’s Burden is Published

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The poem titled The White Man’s Burden explains how imperialism was a very difficult and noble quest for the Europeans to complete. However, many other sources prove that Imperialism wasn’t as much of a burden as the poem described as it was a means of profit and growth for imperial countries.

1800 - Child Labor Begins in Factories

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The start of child labor brings a new chapter to the industrial revolution. Child labor in factories is cheaper and there are no laws at the time preventing or regulating it. The working conditions in the factories are terrible and dangerous with many children dying from black lung or machine-related accidents.