The working conditions during the Industrial Revolution in England was very inhumane. This was clearly depicted in the movie of Les Miserables where people were forced to work in sweat shops for hours on end and get paid with a very minimal amount. People's services back then were not taken seriously by the government which caused major revolutions and chaos within society. The working conditions were very poor in terms of innovations, sanitation, and law enforcement and regulation.
This eventually led to the Bubonic Plague (viral disease caused by ticks of rats) which took the lives of almost half of the population of Europe. This was a trigger for England and Europe in general to implement changes in their health, education, and work systems.
The ancient Roman and Greek civilizations had well-organized political processes that greatly influenced the manner in which later governments were structured in Europe and the United States. The system of political parties, the establishment of divisions in government -- even political words such as democracy, monarchy and tyranny -- originated in ancient Rome and Greece. Although Rome drew many of its political principles from the Greeks, and as a result, developed a government similar to that of Greece, there were several differences between the two.
