Urbanization During The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s. It first started in Britain but eventually expanded throughout the world. A shift from the agricultural sector to the more modern and up to date technological advances, technologies like the printing press, the assembly line and may more were introduced during the industrial revolution encouraging higher rates of urbanization and cultural development. The world’s economy was based on manual labor that was transformed into working in factories. This meant that thousands of people were compelled to work in the factories, the factory owners relied on poor little children and they suffered through working with very little pay.

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