Blog #11

            There were 375 million people in 1400 to about 1 billion in the early nineteenth century. Like today, the population dramatically increased. Population grows when death rates are outnumbered by birth rates. People are living longer and still continue to today. The Industrial Revolution changed peoples need and the things they relayed on. Before the revolution, people relayed on air, water, wood, and animals. After the revolution, people relayed on oil, coal, and natural gas, which are nonrenewable fossil fuels. The industrial revolution caused much harm to the environment and still continues to harm Mother Nature. It is not surprising to see that the industrial revolution took place in many parts of the world around the same time. Most likely societies influenced one another and gave each other ideas. It is not surprise that the industrial revolution began in Europe. Europe has always seems to be successful. The Roman Empire came out of Europe and the Renaissance did to. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain. They economy was really successful and they were the most highly commercialized of Europe’s countries. Latin American countries tried to make their countries resemble European countries and the United States. I don’t believe that they would truly be like those countries but the matter is a positive thing. United States is the land of the free and European countries were giving more freedom to their citizens, so it is good that they would want to resemble some of these qualities.