Mr I's Digital Domain

Global Conference Response

Bianca Mohn

2/25/08

Global Conference Response

        As the intellectual and artist character Rabindranath Tagore, I believe the conference received our ideas favorably. My fellow intellectuals agreed afterwards that our mission was accomplished, which was to educated our audience on the benefits of an equal, synthesized, and balanced education. Unlike our religious counterparts, we remained firm and had strong opinions, instead of being over yielding and overly diplomatic. It was most interesting to see how different groups had different presentations of their ideas in the global conference, opposed to the conference held yesterday consisting of only diplomats. The ruling elite, for example, did well in assuring their people that they were doing what they felt was best for our nation, while in the conference before they came off as being argumentative and uncompromising. The religious group in the diplomat conference appeared to be very firm in that traditions should be upheld and changes should only be made to suppress immigrant cultures, while in their global presentation they claimed to be flexible, too much so in my opinion. I believe that a synthesis in cultures will bring a slew of radical ideas and inventions, however I was surprised that the religious figures now claim to be in favor for a synthesis. Confusing as it was, the more people in support of our synthesized culture and education reforms, the stronger our ideas are. 

       In reality, I found the conference to be extremely diverse and fascinating. I never grasped how widespread Industrialism was until the global conference today. It truly did have an enormous impact on every single class around the world. Industrialism reminds me of a tornado, taking everything in its path and turning it upside down, producing new, radical changes. Industrialism manifested itself in educational, religious, agricultural, political, and numerous other areas, so that the overall affect was the beginning of a technology dependant world. I thought the global conference was an excellent way to illustrate the massive movement that has shaped our world today. When someone mentions the Industrial Revolution, I first thought of dirty workers in a European factory, but after this global conference, I realize that it is much more than several lifestyle changes in Europe. The way Industrialism is part of so many different fields (classes, reforms, etc.) is very intriguing. 

      For my social class and country, I discovered that even though Beatrice Webb, Rabindranath Tagore, and Liang Ch’i Ch’au come from very different societies, they still are able to have similar ideas and come to conclusions about matters such as trade schools and cultural synthesis. I found this observation true from the other social class presentations today, because they too had similar experiences being on opposite ends of the globe. It is odd that completely different environments can produce similar ideas, even when individuals have completely different identities. If this remains true today, that people have similar experiences despite varying locations, then like the global conference, as nations we should be able to compromise and come to conclusions about issues we face today.

Global Conference Personal Response

 

As the Indian Farmer Ram Prakesh, I believe that my social class’s resolution did not go over very well with the other classes. If I have to take only one thing from the Global Conference, I would take that fact that sometimes different social classes cannot agree on certain topics. For instance, when it came to our resolution, the ruling elites and merchants simply refused to accept it because it cost them money. The resolution dealt with the tax situation, in that the lower class was overly taxed in order to compensate for the fact that the upper classes were not taxed. Our resolution put out the idea of an income tax, that is, every class is taxed equally, and by a percentage of their income. Each class would end up paying virtually the same thing, relatively speaking. In this way, the lower classes might be able to pull themselves together from the aftermath of the crippling economic situation the industrial revolution brought about.

The main problem with our resolution, it seemed, was the fact that it took money from the upper class. Old habits die hard, so to speak, in that the upper classes had never before been taxed a significant amount of money, and they were reluctant to make a change. Our resolution was doomed to fail from the beginning, I believe, because it did indeed put forth the idea of a significant change, and since the upper class wields all of the power, we could do nothing about their reluctance. It did seem that the other lower classes, however, agreed with our resolution. In the real world, it might have actually been passed because there were much more members of the lower class than there were of the high classes, so we might have been able to win by sheer numbers alone.

As myself and not my character, I think that it was interesting to see how the different classes interacted. The concept that stood out to me the most was that of the fact that some social classes would not agree on certain topics, like that of my resolution. It appeared that many of the classes put forth very good ideas, but the customs of the time that were uniform around the world, like the upper class’s evasion of tax and the lack of women’s rights were destined to prevail. We were putting too much of a 21st century spin to our resolutions, and that is why some did not work out as planned.

Geneva 1913-Global Conference

As Beatrice Webb, a British intellectual, as well as a woman, I found the conference to very open to accepting the idea of women as contributors to society as well as the resolution my class put forth. Most of the other classes found our program for public education to meet their needs, and due to some negotiations previously, even the factory owners had agreed to create trade specific schools for their workers. I did find, however, that not all of the resolutions put forth were as openly accepted. The ruling elite, for example, were obviously the least likely to get their resolution passed, simply because they disagreed with everything that would create a fair voting system for a non-manipulated government and also anything that might cost them money. They were also unwilling to budge on any issue brought to the table and 'compromise', perhaps, is a word that they aren't aware of. Also, some classes were unable to come up with solid solutions to what they saw as problems, particularly the poor religious folks, who had trouble explaining exactly what it was they wanted. This caused some issues when the other members began asking questions that were, so to speak, all over the map. Their resolution, as I understood it, was for an integrated education, a clause of our resolution. Since our resolution was accepted seemingly well, then theirs should have been, too. I was also struck by the change in the diplomats between the Negotiations Meeting and the Global Conference. Some, like the religious figures, had remained steadfast in their opinions and negotiated well during the meeting, but during the presentation at the conference, they let themselves be pushed over, and the way in which they presented themselves was too open and too broad, causing the confusion I mentioned earlier. Yet, some did not change, for example the ruling elite. During negotiations and the conference the ruling elite stuck to their guns and did not compromise their position. I found this admirable, especially because they were numerously unpopular. In reality, I found the conference to be a really cool way to learn about such a huge movement. I had never studied the Industrial Revolution before, so I was surprised how, such a short time ago, the world was in such a state of massive and global change. In this study, I also learned a lot about what the effects were of the Industrial Revolution. It is strange to think that almost every political international turning point can be related directly back to the Industrial Revolution. I think one of the largest problems with this project was the way the students handled it. It seemed as though some could not grasp the concept that we were supposed to be actual people living in early 20th century, not the 21st century. This concept caused some interesting resolutions. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the psychological statistics used by the ruling to say that women were emotional. As far as I know, psychology that advanced did not yet exist, despite Freud and his advances. I know there were others too. This project would have gone off so much better if everyone had gotten more into it and really accepted and embraced their characters.

response

Being the character of Tom Fletcher, a farmer from Great Britian, I was reasonably pleased by the way our resolutions were accepted by the entire global conference. At this point we are still unaware if our resolution was passed, but judging by the responses after our presentation I believe that our ideas were expressed well enough, and our resolution was constructed fairly enough that it will indeed pass. As for the other resolutions presented during the conference, only several could directly affect the farmers as a social class. Many of the most controversial resolutions pertained to the factory workers and the factory owners. The potential changes that the new resolutions could cause to this industry are small enough that they will most likely not have a huge effect on my life. However, the one resolution that I strongly disagreed with was presented by the ruling elite class. In their resolution, it is required to have two years of military experience before being eligible to vote. I disagree with this idea because there are many individuals who deserve to state their opinions on political matters that simply cannot be a part of the military for two years.

The most important concept that I discovered about industrialism is the similarity between social class members in different countries. I thought it was interesting that two individuals living in countries on opposite sides of the globe could be faced with nearly the exact same problems. For example, my character of Tom Fletcher attempted to support a family by selling crops in a local market. However, cheap imported crops began to take over the business in the markets, and Tom was forced almost out of work. The Indian farmer Ram Prakesh was faced with an identical problem to this one. Consumers in his local market were buying the cheap and mass produced goods rather than homemade goods.

One of the major changes of the industrial revolution was the shift from the focus on quality to a focus more on quantity. Ram Prakesh and Tom Fletcher worked hard to produce quality crops. However poorly paid workers in the local markets wanted products at the lowest price possible. This caused the demand for quality food and goods to go down, which in the end hurt the farming business terribly.

Global Conference Response

As a member of the ruling-elite, Lord Salisbury, I felt that the conference could have gone better. Our ideas were not received very favorably and we spent most of the time we had to present fending off attacks from the other citizens present at the Conference. My cohorts and I stand by our resolution, even though many dispute it. I still believe that there must be some sort of restrictions for who will be allowed to vote and hold office. Not to point fingers at any one group, but I felt as though some of the classes should have been better prepared to explain their position. They didnt have enough time and they spent too long trying to get their points across. If they were able to have a more concise and less confusing presentation, I think that more people would support their resolutions. The Conference would have been better if the debate had not gotten so heated and if we could have had more time to explain our positions. Although, I am still happy that our social class was able bring the issue to light for discussion. Personally, I believe many people had trouble grasping the concept that they were representing a character from the 1900's and that society was different. People then were not used to having the rights and freedoms we do today. And when the students feel that the rights they have today, although they may not have had them then, are being threatened, sparks tend to fly. As myself, I thought the Conference was a good way for us to improve our debating skills and learn about the Industrial Revolution in the process. It was interesting to find out exactly how other social classes felt about certain issues that faced society back then. It was also very interesting to see how conservative my character was compared to me. In case you couldn't tell, I'm pretty liberal. It was also very interesting to see just what the lives of different people were like during the Industrial Revolution. The main thing that I learned from this exercise is that the Industrial Revolution is a broad topic that affected many different people in many different ways and that it would probably take me many years of study before I would be able to understand it completely.

Responce

My character, Chiang I-Wang, of China, would not be have been satisfied by the conference. He thinks that the people of a lower class are already rude disgusting and the ideas of the people would be pointless, mostly due to the fact that he didn’t care about their well being. Also, some ideas even if sounded reasonable wouldn’t’ve benefited my class at all again having my character not wanting them to come true making him not like the conference. Plus our resolution was not a hit among the others and caused some uproar because the people thought we tried to rig the system to make it so only rich people could vote. Me as myself thinks that the convention was pointless due to the main fact that at that time I don’t think that a democracy was in effect and the people in the government would’ve been able to make all the decisions and not have others try and convince or bribe them because if they weren’t in office then it is unlikely that they were in a higher class with a high salary that would be able to even bride the government and since they already looked down upon them and without a bride would already cut their chances almost to zero.

Conference

To my character, Iravti, the conference went pretty well. The other social classes accepted the workers' resolutions to clean factories and secure jobs. We had no real problems with our resolution, the other social classes agreed that factories should be cleaned and checked randomly. There were few questions about the cleaners themselves, but besides that everyone was happy with our resolution. Because it was accepted, workers will no longer die from diseases and working will be a lot more comfortable, making it easier to do our jobs. I realized today that my social class had a lot on common. We all knew what it was like to have really terrible lives in factories. I learned today, however, that not all the classes are going to agree with eachother. Most of the conversation today consisted with social classes arguing with eachother over education, taxes, and voting. Becuase of the industrial revolution, according to other social classes, has made people forget thier heritage, made farming difficult, and money very important. The industrial revolution seems to be changing most, if not all of the social classes. Items, such as religion (as the religious figures pointed out) is being forgotten because of the importance of spending all your time in factories instead of with your village or family letting the traditions live on. These changes, along with the arguments, were very clear to me during the conference today.

resolution

As a member of the entrepreneurial class, I think I can speak for all in saying that we are partially pleased with the resolutions. Although the concepts of many classes may have been ideal, they are not possible, or have not been explained nearly as well as they should have, in particular the working class. Their resolution was to appoint a cleaner to regularly clean the factories and have weekly inspections. Although this may reduce the risk of disease for the workers, more money from the factory owners is required to pay the cleaner, and the cleaner runs the risk of disease from cleaning up deadly materials, or cleaning around working machines. Until the resolutions from the working class, and other classes are improved, or elaborated on, I will view this conference as a failure.

During this project I learned a lot about not only my social class, but also other social classes during the Industrial Revolution, which was fun and interesting. I learned of the hardships of the working class, the struggle to keep religion alive, and most importantly the huge economical gain of the factory owners during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a hard time for all members of the lower classes, mainly the working and religious classes, however for the remaining classes it was a huge success. From learning about the Industrial Revolution, I think we can be sure to never let the classes reach a point of humongous economical differences, and can eliminate bad working conditions for all.

Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao

As Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao, I am satisfied with the outcome of the conference thus far. I believe that the ideas presented by the intellectuals were generally accepted by the other members of the conference, which will benefit the education of many people in the industrial world. I am content with the proposals of the farmers and factory workers, because they are trying to make a better life for themselves by lowering taxes and cleaning the factories. I believe, however, that the farmers and factory workers would be better off if they attended school and enriched their education. For a farmer, a public school would be offered at times other than the harvest season, and for a factory worker, trade schools would be established so that the workers could learn to do their job more efficiently and safely. Education is the key to any success in life. Without an education, the farmers are being oppressed by the educated ruling elite, and the workers are being hurt in factory accidents. Each situation can be avoided to an extent with an education. I am unhappy with the proposals of the ruling elite and the religious figures for their selfish approaches to the conflict of the social classes. The ruling elite were entirely inconsiderate of the poor population in their countries and only cared about maintaining their own status by refining the voting system. The idea of making the very strict guidelines of people who are allowed to vote is not beneficial to the people of a country. The poor are the people who will be governed, and if they are not allowed to vote, they cannot choose who will govern them and they are powerless. This situation is risky, in that if the people are unhappy, they most likely rebel and attempt to reform the government. Ultimately, the ruling elite, in trying to save their power, will loose it to their unhappy subjects. The proposal of the religious figures was out of place as well. As a group of religious people, it would have made more sense for them to propose something more religion specific, rather than impose religion on an entire country and expect all of the citizens to follow it devoutly. In this situation, I believe that the religious figures had no business attempting to reconstruct the education system. They should be focusing on keeping the religious people they have, not trying to gain more during these trying times. Incorporating a fixed religion in our schools would cause problems with the nonreligious families wanting an education. I propose that religious schools should be an option, but religion should not be mandatory in public schools as the religious figures have stated. Thus, all people will be given the option to choose their religion and possibly go to a school specified for teaching that religion. Finally, from this project, I have learned that during the industrial revolution, there were many conflicts among social classes, because no two groups of people had the same experience with the revolution. I have learned that industrialism, while it was a huge step in technology, created more problems between social classes, because it affected everyone from the intellectuals and religious figures to the farmers and workers. Industrialism forced each country to reconfigure their mentality towards the poor classes, because without factory workers, the machines would not work. I believe that the intellectual class was mostly trying to fight for the poor in the Industrial revolution. Especially in China, the intellectuals were the leaders of the rebelions against the rulers, they stood up for the rights of everyone, and they were all for equality. As a result of the rebellions, the ruling elite felt threatened and they tried to gain more power and shut down the revolution. In China, since there was not a huge industrialization period until years after the initial industrialization in Great Britain, I believe that the idea of an industrial revolution caused panic amongst the leaders which ultimately led to a clash of social classes within the country. Thus, the result of the industrial revolution in China was not factories but rebellions against the ruling elite for power to the poorer population in China.

Response to IR Simulation...

My character, Dayananda Sarasvati would most likely have been fairly please with the results of the Conference. In all honesty, many of the things he would have wanted, (such as absolutely no British presence in India and only hand-woven cloth,) are not exactly reasonable, I still feel as though he would have agreed with and supported many of the resolutions at the Conference. In particular, the resolutions on public education were something that he was very much in favor of. Sarasvati believed everyone, no matter what gender or caste, should have the right to an education. Both his own class and the intellectuals supported the education of the masses in order to improve the chance of success for a child, as well as the chance of success for his/her own country in the future. As….myself, I agree with many of the resolutions presented at the Conference. I believe that the ruling elite’s resolution was extremely generous, unlike many of the other students. Also, I was extremely amused by everyone’s concern for the safety of the proposed “sweepers” to clean the factories. I really enjoyed learning about the different parts of this project. Before we started, all I knew about India during this time was from The Secret Garden. At first glance, I was discouraged to see that my character was a Hindua religious figure, primarily because I’m not sure I exactly understand Hinduism. However, as the project progressed, Dayananda Sarasvati began to grow on me and I came to respect his beliefs and value them, as cheesy as it sounds. I also wanted to quote the lyrics of Across the Universe every chance I got, as fitting as it is for my character, but I’m proud to say I refrained. (Although I did hum it underneath my breath.) At the beginning of this project, I also primarily associated the Industrial Revolution with Tiny Tim and other dirty, crippled children. However, I learned that the Industrial Revolution really did have global implications and civilization has changed because of it. India was incredibly affected by the sudden prosperity of the British, (cough invasion cough.) My character, as well as every other Indian figure, had to suddenly adapt to the industrialism and growing urbanization, a drastic change from the quiet villages in which many could trace back generations. All in all, I loved this project and really did learn a lot from it. Jai guru deva om. Nothing’s gonna’ change my world. (I just had to say it.)

As my character Lucy Luck, of

As my character Lucy Luck, of the working class, I was very satisfied with the results of the conference. My social class won the vote easily. People claimed the workers vote was won out of sympathy, which might be true. The members of the other social class all understood the terrible conditions of the workers, like sanitation, and crowdedness, but some claim to have voted on pure sympathy. Personally, winning the vote, is winning the vote, so even if the others voted on sympathy, I will take it. However many of the other member of society realized they needed to help the workers, like me. I know other people have bad conditions too, but I’m glad they realized that we, the workers needed a great deal of help. I went through my life, a shy worker, nervous to see the results of expressing my issues. Now that I have, I won’t regret it. Overall the global conference showed the diverse problems occurring during the industrial revolution. There were various resolutions, some of which I agreed upon, and some which I did not. All of these ideas displayed the complexity of issues of not only Great Britain, my country, but China and India during industrialism. As myself, Zoe, I learned a lot from this industrial simulation. I learned about all the advances that were happening in India, China, and Great Britain, that I hadn’t previously known about. For example, the population growth, amount of new factories, the poor conditions of the proletariat class (lower), and the great wealth and greediness of the nobility. Being assigned a member of the working class, I learned about the difficulties a worker had, like poor sanitation, long working hours, no freedom, low income, bad health, crowdedness, and greedy factory owners. Great Britain seemed too have many issues besides the workers. The farmers income was cut almost to nothing because of cheap trade import and export, the artists/intellectuals were not making quick progress with schooling because the government was very thoughtless, and the ruling elites were more gluttonous and inconsiderate than anyone. All of these issues seemed to not only reflect Great Britain, but India and China as well, which I realized during the global conference. This project was an enjoyable way to gain knowledge on your own, forgetting about the lecturing and the note taking in class, you could focus on the discussions you had with your group members, really given time to think. Through discussion with fellow classmates, you learned through autobiographies and historical events. This way you could gain knowledge on a personal level and on a historical, time line way of knowledge as well. By becoming this “character” of society, you really had to think about what you needed and what was hurting you. I enjoyed this aspect because you had to pretend you were actually living in that time period, not the 21st century. It was a nice change, compared to a note taking, test taking approach to the Industrial Revolution.

Jamshedji Nasarwanji Tata

As Jamshedji Nasarwanji Tata, an Indian of the entrepreneur class, I believe that the conference overall was a success, and most of the resolutions seemed reasonable. The resolution of the workers was reasonable to my character because although I have to pay money to hire cleaners for my factory, the working conditions inside the factory must be healthy. If you keep your workers happy, then there will never be a fear of a revolt, which would therefore result in the need to raise the workers wages because of the conditions that they work in. The resolution of the intellectuals/ religious figures did not affect my character at all, so they seemed reasonable as a resolution altogether. The only resolution that I any most of the other social classes completely rejected was that of the ruling elites. It was ridiculous to state that citizens need at least two years of military experience to vote. You could die for your country, and never get a chance to vote for your country. Overall, I was satisfied with the conference.

As myself, I believe the Industrial Simulation was interesting and worthwhile. While working in a group with other people of the same class form different countries around the world, you realize that these people are not that different from yourself. Many of the entrepreneurs had the same experiences, like my character, and the entrepreneur from China, both our factories were funded by our government, and we made a huge success economically due to the Industrial Revolution. I think the simulation happened as it should have, with debating between the right classes that did not think the resolutions would benefit them, and they proposed new ones for them. I think this simulation completely immersed you into the lives of your characters, and for a while, you became that character. Overall, I believe I learned more from a simulation of this type rather than lectures or taking tests from chapters of a textbook.

response to conference

As a ruling elite I wouldn't say that I was completely satisfied with the outcome of the conference but I still believe it went pretty well. As a ruler you are always going to be the one with the most power, we used this power to lay out a set of rules as to those people who were allowed to vote. The main purpose of these votes was to ensure that the person who is voting understands what they are actually voting about. We didn't believe it was right for someone who has no idea what is happening in a larger sense to their country casting a vote as to who should lead their country. These proposals and guidelines for people who can vote were there in in the end benefit the entire country as a whole. They were also supposed to inspire people to become more involved in their country so that they would be able to vote. However the all other social classes failed to see this and instead took our proposal as trying to ensure that the least amount of people can vote causing us to not receive many votes. For that reason I was not completely satisfied with the conference but I feel that if the elite class and the rest of the social classes were able to compromise our proposal would benefit the country largely. I really enjoyed this type of simulation. I think it gave us all a more in depth understanding of all the different angles and types of social classes that experienced the industrial revolution. One of the key things that I learned about industrialism was that although as whole it is seen as a great change that benefited all countries, in actuality it also came with its own set of new problems. For example, without the industrial revolution we wouldn't of had such advanced factories with as many people working in them. So we would not of had the problem of bad, disgusting, dirty, crammed working conditions which became a huge problem during and after the industrial revolution. As a member of the social class the ruling elite I would also see the Industrial Revolution as both a positive and negative change. Positive in the sense that more of my population is getting jobs, negative in a sense that the standards they now have are higher and have new things to complain about and for me to deal with. However as a ruler in India my country did not develop as fast due to the Industrial Revolution as the countries China and Great Britain did however we were directly affected by it through the fact that Great Britain had control over India. This simulation helped me realize the complications of this time in history, it wasn't just a happy time for all people because more jobs were offered, it was also a time of hardships and complications due to change.

response

As a merchant/ entrepeneur I was very satisfied with the outcome because we were asking for a lot and we got about half to agree. Although I feel that many did not understand that we wer not asking for the government to control businesses, but rather have the right to step in to preserve balance in the economy. Telling people to trust their government, especially in a time like this, may not go over well with the people, so being able to get the support of as many as we did tells me we had a strong case and good arguments. In addition, we gained the support of all the farmers. This is important to us because famers are often against the revolution because factories can take over their land and imports can run them out of business because they can not sell their local stuff for as cheap as all the imports. If they support us I feel moving forward with the revolution may become easier, benefitting me and my class. This simulation has showed me how different classes from different. countries reacted and felt about the revolution. Also and perhaps most significant, I learned about the revolution from all angles and all perspectives so I know know what really happened, not just an overview from a certain bias. I like this simulation because I am learning on my own. What I learn does not depend on what notes I take, what is taught to me, but rather what comes up in the work I do. Also, I like the freedom and choice of things to do for different assignments especially the Mastery Project. It allows us to work to our strenghts which I feel should alsways be allowed in big projects like this. Lastly, I learned that my social class did not treat lower classes as well as they should have especially the workers who had terrible conditions. They did what they had to do, which for their success, was key. I also learned that my country was slow to change compared to Britain and had many more things holding it back, specifically Confucianism thinking even though those times had passed. Overall, this simulation has taught me a lot including how people interacted back then, giving me perspectives on the revolution i would never have known otherwise.

Responce. <=William Booth=>

My character would have been very pleased with the results of the votes and the debate as a whole. William Booth would have been happy with any support at all, but with the results that the religious group had gotten would definitely been a huge benefit for the Salvation Army. William Booth was committed to the people who needed his help most. He would have been pleased with the results because the changes that would be made would clearly help Great Brittan in many ways. The benefits and changes that the workers would get would give them an opportunity to have a better and healthier life. Education is also essential to improving the country in almost every single aspect. Even though some resolutions had things that would have made William Booth to reject the other social classes the global conference went extremely well and will do good to the ones that need it most and all of the countries in general. My personal reflections on the results of the global conference were somewhat similar to the thoughts that William booth would have had. Even though the religious figures got 10 total votes I do not think that they should have had that many because religious figures should definitely not be controlling any country because the religious traditions may not agree with all citizens and what if the people of Great Brittan did not want education in the form of religion. But I do think there needs to be education in cooperated into the lives of children. I also disagree with the idea of military training for all citizens because it should be by choice to have that sort of training. There also could have been more changes to living conditions and working conditions as well. And considering child labor laws didn’t exist that should have come earlier too. Workers should have had more benefits and also less extreme working hours. Even though more could have been done I think that the changes that were made would have definitely helped the countries that were a part of the global conference. The industrial revolution has taught me that even though the great innovations that were used and invented in that time it didn’t lead to the best changes at first. Industrialism cannot benefit the majority of a country without the use of farming and other agricultural ways of life. Great Brittan was doing exactly that because the farmers and craftsmen workers were being thrown out of business by the production of machines that took the jobs of many workers. Industrialism also was the cause of the country to being crowded because the only work that was available was in the factories. My social class had no power during the revolution but some had the power to help like my character William Booth who was the founder of the Salvation Army.