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Industrial Revoultion In Canada The Industrial Revolution was a significant part of history; much was accomplished in a short amount of time. The first to experience
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The Industrial Revolution was a significant part of history; much was accomplished in a short amount of time. The first to experience the industrial revolution was England in the 1760s. Within a half a century later it began to spread into other countries. (Footnote). The Industrial Revolution in England would not have been possible without the high population brought through high morality rates, high fertility rates and migration.
Population growth is somewhat the cause of the industrial revolution. Before the industrial revolution the domestic system (which meant that everything was made by hand) was producing enough goods to satisfy the needs of the people. A craftsman would make a whole shoe from start to finish. However with the population growth there was more need for products and the old way of manufacturing was not able to keep up with the demand. The "transition to an industrial, manufacturing economy required more people to labour" (Richard Hooker), people started to try and find solutions to the problems by inventing ways to increase productivity. Inventors were quite conscious of working to fill a need (Footnote). Once the wave of inventions began each one triggered the next. Factories started to show up and there was no need for the domestic manufacturing system anymore. Once when a craftsman would make the whole shoe, he would only maker the souls know.
One of the causes of increase in population was due to the fact of high mortality rates. Death affected the way people made decisions. It affected the decision to marry, because it would vary the duration of the marriage. Before the industrial revolution many were left widowed. The widowers could remarry and those who had inherited land or business were more attractive to remarry. On the other hand a widow that was left with dependent children and no assets was less attractive. Since there was longer mortality marriages tended last longer. Not only did the marriages last longer,...
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