Why were factory conditions so bad at the start of the industrial revolution? factory owners wanted to maximize profits. laws were not in place to protect workers. there was too much work and too few workers. workers were used to poor conditions?

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.

Which war in history claimed the most lives

What was a common experience for urban working-class women during the industrial revolution