HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Cottage industries were established to meet consumer needs.
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Subsistence farming increased to meet the needs of workers.
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Manufacturing industries created a demand for urban laborers.
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Regulations for a safe working environment slowed production.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The demand for coal skyrocketed throughout the Industrial Revolution and beyond, as it would be needed to run not only the factories used to produce manufactured goods, but also the railroads and steamships used for transporting them.
Detailed explanation-3: -As industrialization and urbanization are associated with a concentration of economic activity in cities and metropolitan areas, which leads to economies of scale in production and stimulate energy consumption. Production shifts from less energy intensive agriculture to more energy intensive manufacturing.