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The industrial revolution occurred around 1760 until around 1820-1840, this time period caused great change to many countries around the world. This led to the development of new manufacturing processes, going from hand manufacturing to using machines. This led to the growth of the economy, and was very different for each country.
The United States was the first country to experience new teachings before the others. After the Enlightenment and the independence of America, they started to develop economically.
Japan was close behind America during the industrial revolution, in the 1800s there were many new businesses being developed throughout and led to trade increasing which brought the economy up. After the civil war arised, “investment in American weapons technology became a priority.”. The most prominent focus in Japan was building their industrial military. Japan lacked natural resources and workers were poorly paid for their hard work which was different from Russia and the U.S.
Russia had the biggest lack of industrial growth, the article states, “Japan defeated the Russians as a direct result of the latter’s lack of manufacturing, industry, and sufficient infrastructure to transport goods and troops across their vast empire.”, This shows that Russia was seen as a economy with a large “peasant class”, they were very behind compared to Japan and the U.S. This lack of civil participation encouraged a growth of radicalism in the leadership of the working class which was much different than the U.S. It wasn’t until 1926 when the economy started to grow in Russia, industrialization skyrocketed and their industry became similar to the other countries.
Comparing Russia, Japan, and the United States, there was a massive growth of transportation, communication, industries, and employment opportunities that would arise for these countries. Although Japan was more of a political development then Russia was, the United States had the most flexibility due to the freedom of the people.