HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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increase in purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields.
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increase in machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century.
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a widespread use of kids as factory laborers working 14 hour days.
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increase in populations of urban areas during the 1800s.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rapid industrialisation first began in Britain, starting with mechanized textiles spinning in the 1780s, with high rates of growth in steam power and iron production occurring after 1800.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Revolution was the transition from small cottage industries in which goods were primarily made by hand to new mass-produced goods in factories using steam and water power. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain around 1760 and many of the technological innovations were of British origin.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Industrial Revolution was a period of scientific and technological development in the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies-especially in Europe and North America-into industrialized, urban ones.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the main reasons for the Industrial Revolution to begin in England are: It had banks of raw materials from its colonies under the British crown. It had a well developed banking system that encouraged the wealthy to invest in infrastructure and anyone who wanted to run their own business.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Industrial Revolution first began in Britain in the 18th Century and quickly spread around the world. Three reasons that led to the Industrial Revolution was the emergence of capitalism, European imperialism, and The Agricultural Revolution.