USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution in Barcelona began in 1832, when the factory Bonaplata, the first factory to work with steam engine in Spain, was inaugurated. Although its facilities ended up being destroyed three years later by arsonists, it was a milestone which initiated the modern industry in the Catalan capital city.

Detailed explanation-2: -One in every ten infants would die living in the tenements. The people working in the factories had to fight for basic necessities to live. Privacy could not be found with cheap thin walls and overcrowding. During the summer, many living in tenements would faint from heat and fatigue.

Detailed explanation-3: -During 19th century Spain’s population increased 60%. Since 1860 farmers had begun to migrate to Madrid, Barcelona, Vizcaya an specially Latin America. Spain was industrialised later and and more slowly in comparasion with northern Europe countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Conditions varied from the splendor and opulence of the homes of the wealthy to the squalor of the lives of the workers. The Industrial Age saw new homes for the rich mimicking stately homes, whilst those for the poor were often ramshackle, dirty slum dwellings.