Industrialization During The 1800's

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Before industrialization occurred in different parts of the world, it was an agrarian based society; a society that depended only on farming and crops to survive. During the late 17th century, societies in Europe slowly strayed away from agrarian based society and lean towards urbanization. During the 1800's, industrial revolution took place in many megacities in Britain, including Manchester. Today, Manchester and Britain as a whole, is considered as a well developed society and megacities in developing countries such as Sao Paulo, Brazil currently facing similar issues that megacities in developed nations have faced in the past, in order to be more successful. During the 1800's, industrialization was better for Manchester because there was …show more content…
This was a negative effect on Industrialization because disease such as cholera would spread quickly around people that are cramped in small slums and this caused many deaths. Jobs were starting to increase as was the economy because as many farmers left their farms, they went looking for a job in the city and crops were in high demand as the population grew. As more people come to cities, the more farmers needed to grow crops to feed the people. During the 1800's the type of transportation Manchester used was a steam powered locomotive or …show more content…
The economic impact from the population from the past and present was big. It was big because since more people left their old life to make a new one in the megacities many jobs were being taken so it was difficult to get a job in the megacities. The political impact from the population was big as well. It was big because they passed laws such as The Factory Act of 1833 which “required that children aged thirteen to eighteen could not be employed more than twelve hours a day, during which ninety minutes had to be allowed for meal breaks.” (“Social and Political Impact of the First Phase of the Industrial

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