SOSC 1731 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Mobility, Industrial Revolution

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Industrial era began around 1700"s and the largest city was london (950000) with paris (550000) being second: london began to expand and colonize around the world, industrial revolution allowed for british empire to expand in canada, india, and. Many naval bases: coal was a major key to industrial revolution. Allowed for steam powered machinery and an unlimited" supply of energy. Everything was being run on coal from factories to ships to trains, etc. More products could be manufactured as more resources were able to be made: canals were being produced to allow for easier access for ships to transport goods to different cities. Allowed for import of coals from coal mines: increase of concentration of population with industrial revolution, city land owners were maximizing their profit. Wanted to have as many homes on their land as possible. Ex; manchester homes: horrible exploitation of workers. Children were subject to working in factories.

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