Industrial Revolution France, steam engine, middle class, working class, electricity, hydroelectricity, oil, bourgeoisie, aristocracy, textile industry, metallurgy, urbanization, collective transportation
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The document discusses the Industrial Revolution in France, its key inventions, social changes, and the impact on the working class.
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[...] Home work no longer exists from the Industrial Revolution. False view that in page 4 of the course, It is explained that home work continues in certain regions of France until 1880 due to the large rural population. The Picardy and Normandy are examples of regions The second industrial revolution is based on coal. False. According to page this second industrial revolution relies mainly on the source of electricity or hydroelectricity and oil as a source of energy or fuel and explosive engine, in addition to coal. [...]
[...] England, Belgium and the Netherlands are the first industrialized countries in Europe, followed by Germany. However, and at the same time, France has a slowed pace of industrialization due to the shock of the Revolution and the Empire, the lack of mineral resources, the survival of the domestic system, the weakness of rural exodus and urban growth. Thanks to mechanization, French countryside will experience great changes. True. The agricultural mechanization and social transformations take place but very slowly. The dominant class remains the aristocracy despite the French Revolution during the Industrial Revolution. [...]
[...] 12) Paris transforms to respond to the industrialization of the country. True. The course explains how the city of Paris was reconfigured, mainly under the impetus of Haussmann, in order to respond to the growing urban and industrial requirements. The wide Parisian boulevards were the first to benefit from gas lighting. « Finally, thanks to the development of collective transportation means (tramway, suburban lines, buses by 1905), the suburbs progress, surrounding Paris with a red belt. 13) Access to art democratizes in the 19th century True According to the course, access to art has become more accessible, thanks to the opening of museums and the dissemination of works to the general public. [...]
