HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Population statistics clearly show that people were healthier
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More people were needed to work in factories on the new machines.
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Better farming led to a food surplus, so fewer people died of starvation.
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People moved to cities from farming villages to find employment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Population Growth By the time of the Industrial Revolution, there were more people than ever before. A main reason for this was 18th century agricultural improvements, which all but ended the periodic famines that had kept down European populations. From 1750 to 1850, the population of England alone nearly tripled.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because industrial resources like coal and iron were in Central and Northern England, a shift in population from Southern England northward took place. Northern cities like Manchester grew tremendously.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain in the 1750s because Great Britain had natural resources and geography that made it a good place for factories to start and be profitable.