WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Manchester experienced a six-times increase in its population between 1771 and 1831. It had a population of 10, 000 in 1717, but by 1911 it had burgeoned to 2.3 million. Bradford grew by 50% every ten years between 1811 and 1851 and by 1851 only 50% of the population of Bradford was actually born there.

Detailed explanation-2: -London was the largest. Its population is estimated to have increased from 575, 000 to 2.3 million between 1700 and 1851. The rate of increase was much larger in Manchester and Liverpool. Both had no more than 2500 inhabitants in 1700, but by 1851 they had more than 300, 000 inhabitants.

Detailed explanation-3: -While U.S. cities like Boston, Philadelphia, New York City and Baltimore certainly existed prior to the start of the Industrial Revolution, newly established mills, factories and other sites of mass production fueled their growth, as people flooded urban areas to take advantage of job opportunities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mining, engineering and manufacturing continued to provide employment for millions of people well into the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Manchester began expanding “at an astonishing rate” around the turn of the 19th century as part of a process of unplanned urbanisation brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution.