· Most people make their living as farmers
· People use simple hand tools
· Most people have never traveled beyond their
villages
· Farmers work long hours at work that varies by season
· Children help out with farm work
· Most people make their own clothes and grow their own food
· Most power provided by people, animals, water mills, and windmills
· Slow transportation by animal-drawn wagons and by foot
After
· Many people make their living in factories
· Industrial cities and towns grow up
· City dwellers live in multistory tenements
· Factory workers work long hours, governed by the factory whistle
· Children work in mines and factories
· City dwellers buy food and clothing in stores
· Many factory-made products available
· New importance of coal and steam as power sources
· Many new inventions, such as telegraph, anesthetics, and sewing machine
