Explain how the Industrial Revolution relates to the history of workers' rights. Cite evidence from the text in

your response.

The Industrial Revolution (mid-18th to early 19th century) gives birth to the workers as a social group.

Explanation:

Before the Industrial Revolution, the world of work in manufactured production was organized in a way where everybody who worked had full knowledge of the production process which was mainly hand production methods by small amounts of people.

The Industrial Revolution radically changes this scenario. Cities start to be more populated without having structure for it, factories are built and spread, a large number of people now work together in the same job, and these people don't have full knowledge about the production process. These people have similar habits, conditions of life, and work.

Similarities bring these people together and they recognize themselves as members of the same specific social group: the workers. That means they have specific demands: decent life and work conditions.

Thus it is with the industrial revolution that workers become aware of collective demands and join forces to fight for their rights, which is something they learn from the 18th-century revolutions (American revolution, French revolution) that is important to fight for.