Strayer, Chapter 20 (p.586-606)

The Industrial Revolution was great because of its accomplishment in success in national wealth and power. Also, the Industrial Revolution can be viewed as a disaster because of the destruction of the environment the downfall of spirituality and relationship between neighbors that lived in the villages. It is important for people to be conscious and understand that some decisions you make can have a big effect and the choices you make could set things into a promising future or into a not so promising future. Women and men also experienced the colonial era differently, western educated classes, peasant farmers etc. The second wave European empires in the Afro-Asian world had military and the threats they could hand out. In the 19th century there was a forced labor that made many young children and adults were victims of the brutal regime in the congo.