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How do you think of “the Industrial R evolution”

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 1700s, and spread to Western Europe and North America within a few decades. The precise start and end of the Industrial Revolution is still debated among historians, as is the pace of economic and social changes. GDP per capita was broadly stable before the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the modern capitalist economy, while the Industrial Revolution began an era of per-capita economic growth in capitalist economies.

Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking.

The First Industrial Revolution evolved into the Second Industrial Revolution in the transition years between 1840 and 1870, when technological and economic progress continued with the increasing adoption of steam transport (steam-powered railways, boats and ships), the large-scale manufacture of machine tools and the increasing use of machinery in steam-powered factories.

All in all, the Industrial Revolution play a very important role in pull ours history, we should make every effort to seize the precious opportunity and make our country more powerful!

what is your opinion on “Separation of Powers”

As we all know, the political system of America is the separation of powers, which means legislation, judicial and administrative are all independent, but also restrict each other. It aims to balance the powers and to make sure the best effect of powers. There is no doubt that America has achieved its purpose in some aspects. From the point of my view, balancing the powers does good to human enterprise.

Throughout the Chinese history, the concentration of powers once caused a lot of problems to our country. The exact needs of common people could not be revealed, as well as the wrong decisions were always made due to the leader’s own judgment. What’s more, regardless the country, just for a little company, it is not right to decide by only one person when they are confronted with a big problem. From these examples, we can know how necessary to balance the powers. Maybe the separation of powers does not suit every country, but the aim of it is quite appropriate to every career even the countries.

All in all, I am approve of the separation of powers .Only when we do not abuse the powers and balance it well, can we make things better and better.

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