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- The Industrial Revolution began in Britain due to abundant raw materials and new technological inventions.
- Factories and industries flourished, leading to urban migration as people moved to cities like London and Manchester for work.
- Britain emerged as a global power during the Industrial Revolution, despite significant social issues.
- There was a stark disparity between the wealthy and the working class, with workers enduring poor living conditions.
- Workers faced long hours and harsh conditions, with widespread social issues such as alcoholism and prostitution.
The Industrial Revolution took place in Britain because of certain conditions : Britain had raw materials (coal, forests) and internal waterways in addition there was the invention of new technologies such as news team powered machines, power loom, spinning jenny. So factories, cotton mils, potteries, ironwork where opened all over the country. Many people moved from the countryside to work to big industrialized cities such as London, Liverpool, Manchester. Britain was the most powerful nation in the world in this period, but in had also a lot of social problems. There was a big gap between rich and poor people, because the condition of the working class was miserable. Some critics defined this period “a paradise for the rich, a purgatory for the well-to-do, a hell for the poor”. Workers lived badly; the worked for about 12 hours a day (men, women, children). Gin was sold at very low prices and prostitution was spread. These people lived in slums (quarters that can be compared to modern favelas) in terrible conditions.
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