Unit 6 Overview | World History Project AP®

Industrialization had positive and negative consequences for different people. In industrialized nations, new forms of transportation, communication, and products made life easier for some. The wealthy and middle class saw their lives improved. These improvements often came at the expense of the working class. Industrialization motivated empires to find raw materials to fuel their factories. They used the tools provided by industrialization to seize control of resource-rich colonies abroad. This “new imperialism” saw industrialized nations establish colonial governments around the world, oppressing colonized people and extracting natural resources.

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