HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1540 the population stood at 300 million. In 1750 the population was estimated at 791 million. In 1900 it had again grown to 1.7 billion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between the extremes, the population of England and Wales expanded 2.9 times, from about 6.1 million in 1750 to 17.9 million in 1851.
Detailed explanation-3: -The population of Europe expanded from 1750 to 1850 largely because of an increase in the birthrate. Religious moralists and economists, most notably Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), believed that the population would expand in accord with the available supply of resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -Population boom-Britain’s population doubled between 1750 and 1800. The nation had more people to work in factories and more people to purchase manufactured goods.