History Blog Topis number 3 ... ^^

Did the Industrial revolution affect the way people lived and worked in the 19th century for the better or worse ?

The industrial revolution was the invention of the new machines and the discovery of new sources of power.
It benefited Singapore as in the 18th century, making cloth by hand was a slow process,however, machines like spinning machine was invented, which enabled goods to be produced in great varieties, taking a shorter time to make it.This madethe people less tiring from theis works.
With the invention of steamships, more Europeans sailed to the East to obtain raw materials(e.g. tin ) and find markets to sell theis goods.This has resulted in the growth of trade in Singapore.
Many European an American steamships made Singapore their port-of-call where they stopped to refuel and obtain food supplies.This made it gain importance.

However, it was affected the ways of how people worked, as many of them lost their jobs in the factories and other working place.
The requirment amount of workers dropped, so for the people who worked to feed the family didn't have enough food and money to provide for them.
People who were in despair need of money increased as for the factory owners, they had modern machine to work for them.

Therefore , I conclude that the industrial revolution benefited Singapore. If it had not been for the revolution, Singapore would not have been developed likr how Singapore is now today. Although people suffered, the could trade instead and get money.

-thank you-

Sir Stamford Raffles or Tan Tock Seng ???

If I was working for the National Museum, I think I would prefer it to be Sir Stamford Raffles.Why ?
Well, maybe it would be because of the place would be a museum.I believe that a museum is a place where they keep materials from the past and people may go and learn more about the past events and what people in the past may have used.

I believe that raffles was the founder of Singapore and he did many things like making singapore into a british colony,and he made Sultan Hussein and Temenggong to sign a treaty with the British.

Tan Tock Seng also did a lot of things such as paying the funeral expenses as he had a passion for the poor and he was only one of the richest merchants in Temasek.He believed a decent funeral should be held for the dead.

But I see that this is more related to the funeral and hospitals and not about the past events. So I think it will be more suitable if his statue were to be on the front of the funeral places or big hopitals rather than the National Museum.

So from this, I think it is more suited if it were the statue of Stamford Raffles to be in front of the National museum. Thank you .

Who really founded Singapore ?????

I have never bothered to think who was the person who really founded Singapore before.

But I think that Sir Stamford Raffles was the true founder of Singapore, as he sailed to Temasek and he went excavating interestingly.He found out about the Dutch taking over large portions of island. He believed that Singapore was a suitable port away from the Dutches.

Raffles also went to meet Temenggong Abdul Rahman,who was a malay chief of the island.Raffles told Temenggong that the British wanted to establish a trading settlement.
He listened to the story of Tengku and suggested that he should invite his older brother to become the sultan.

If it wasn't for Raffles coming to Singapore, the second resident, Dr. John Crawfurd wouldn't have even thought about coming to Singapore and make it a British Possesion.
Also for the third resident, William Farquhar, would not have been left in charge of the British settlement of Singapore.

As well as for Sang Utama, I don't tinkI can find enough evidence to prove that he is a true founder of Singapore.I think this way because he only caught a sight of Singapore(Temasek) and sail there and find a beast with a red body and a black head which was agile and fast.
He then named the island Singapura, or lion city, but didn't establish a trading port or make that Island to a living settlement like now.

But I think we should thank him for giving Singapore a name.

So in my opinion. I think the True founder of Singapore is Sir Stamford Raffles ...though there may be some doubts, I think he is the one with the highest possibility.