The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a time of great accomplishment in terms of making things by the masses. The new wave of workers supplied the factories with eager workers ready to work til sundown for near nothing pay. The thing that made the workers WANT to work was the fact that a new idea of working was going around, the Protestant Work Ethic. The Protestant Work Ethic opened new doors in terms of seeing work and working. The Protestant Work Ethic changed the view of working to support your own self and family to expanding and helping others. Martin Luther, forerunner in the Protestant Work Ethic, believed that working was a way to serve God, as working was the will of God. Another intellectual that contributed to the Protestant Work Ethic was John Calvin, who believed that social ladders were implemented by God and moving in the ladder was against the will of God because God placed everyone were he wanted them so moving would be disregarding the word of God.