The aims of the Trade Unions are: 

1. To fight the injustice and malpractices of the industrialists.

2. To fight for regulating the hours of work for the workers and labourers.

3. To fight for the higher wages for workers.

4. To demand the better service facilities and working conditions.

5. Trade Unions were formed for maintaining the harmonious relations between the employers and the employees.

The Industrial Revolution began in England in the later half of the 18th century. Many machines such as the air pump, printing press, spinning wheel and the plough were in use prior to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the machines began to replace men and animals in the production of goods and commodities soon after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

The industrialisation mainly needs two things:

1. A constant supply of raw material.

2. The consumption of the finished goods at a fast speed.

So, to meet both the needs, the Industrial countries started the search of new countries where industrialisation had not yet reached. As a result of Britain, France, Germany, Japan etc. set-up their colonies in Asia, Africa and South America.

These colonies served them both the purposes i.e. being suppliers of cheap raw materials and easy markets for their finished goods. Hence, it is correct that industrialisation gave birth to imperialism.

The effects are: 

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