... handicraft production movement thus farmers were still very crucial to France's agricultural sector of economy. There was a relatively slow growth of factory industry and there had been low rates of population growth. France was late with their industrial improvements and was behind Britain by forty years. They already had a nation to model their own revolution from and their coal output ... doubled in the early 1850's. Inevitably France was better for the working class that did not have as much dependence on the government because of their independent family units in terms ... the fa...

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... some kind of factory or business. For most countries the amount of people living in urban areas almost doubled during and after industrialization. An example of this rising urban population is England. Before the industrial revolution England only had around 25 percent of the population living in the cities, but during and after the industrial revolution it rose to almost 55 percent of ... the population living in urban areas. Also in Germany and Prussia their urban population in 1816 was 26 percent and by the end of the revolution it grew to around 50 percent. Mass urbanization helped ...

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... brought the laborers and their families to live in the near by towns around the factories. This created urbanization and an increase in both population and immigration throughout Britain. Because of the high demand for growth due to population increase it caused a drain in natural resources. Congestion of housing became serious in London therefore there was little or no living space in ... . This was the first threat of pollution Britain had ever encountered. Britain's water supplies were low; there was a lack of sanitation in the cities and a huge controversy of overcrowding and a popul...

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... of all families, from these job opportunities allowed them to purchase more manufactured goods, and the increase in population in the middle 18th century equaled a surplus of labor forces to man the machines and factories. With machines such as the flying shuttle that doubled the output of weaving, James Hargraeave's spinning jenny in 1798, and Edmund Cartwright's loom in 1787, the manufacturing ... increase in food production lead to more people being able to get the proper nutrition and the increase in urban populations lead to the increase in industries. However, the increased popula...

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... to 1792 the exports United States exports to Britain were the same as, and in some cases less than, those from 1771 to 1775; despite the fact that the population had nearly doubled. As seen in Joseph Jones" letter to George Washington, America could not even pay the soldiers that gained it independence in the first place. John Jay's "Instructions to the ... ...

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... also a revolution taking place in agriculture. A seed drill invented by Tull, improved plows, enhanced distribution of water, and improved farming techniques opened a new door to farming. The yield of wheat doubled. Special breeding produced healthier livestock. This provided increased amounts of food needed for the people that lived by the factories in the cities. Many people were moving from the countryside ... transcontinental line across America. Many causes that sparked the Industrial Revolution were; invention, new found coal, in large amounts and easily available, iron(used to bu...

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