king class. This new working class did not have to do the hard pain staking work that the lower class did but were able to produce money in order to “walk” among the upper classes. This class was soon referred to as the middle class and this rise became a major factor during the industrial revolution. The middle classes were the people who controlled the workers and their duties inside the factories. They were able to capitalize on the exploitation of the lower working class and made it hard for the aristocracy to keep on making profit off of the lower working class. By accusing the aristocracy (landowners) of idle consumption and dissipation of national wealth, which the middle class (businessmen) had obtained, allowed the middle class to protect themselves from aristocracy who had control over land and money in their society. The middle class was now competing with the upper classes and winning. They had more control over the working class and were able to justify exploiting them, while at the same time hurting the aristocracy credibility. This has proven to be a very valuable commodity in itself, as the rise of the middle class allowed more people to control their own destiny, a concept that was non-existent to the common worker. This also had a great effect on the start of the 20th century as it gave room for new inventions and other products to be developed at the start of itThe Industrial revolution changed life for many families and classes. People had trouble trying to survive in a time where working like a dog for low wages did not amount to much. Plus, the fact that workers were exploited by any means necessary just so the bigger guy could make the money was also harmful to the lower classes. There were those few people who fought for the workingman in order to accomplish the greater good, namely Adam Smith, but most of the time their efforts were futile. The Industrial Revolution has had far more impact on the wo...
