New inventions made it possible to spin and weave cloth much more quickly.
Specially bred animals could produce more milk or more meat.
Farmers experimented with the selective breeding of animals.
Farmers made more money by producing more food.
The growing populations in the new towns needed food.
Wealthier farmers bought strips of land from the poorer villagers.
Machines such as Jethro Tull's seed planter meant that fewer people were needed to work on farms
Factories were constructed in towns that created jobs and led to mass rural-urban migration and rapid urban population growth
Urban life meant that people benefited from each other's ideas and had access to a far greater number of products and services
New inventions, powered by steam, meant factories could produce far greater quantities of products
The factories needed supplies of coal and iron for their new machines
Innovations in transport such as railways, canals, and roads meant that food and raw materials could be transported to and from towns/cities in greater quantity and at a faster pace
Young children had to operate dangerous factory machines
Britain started to buy supplies and produce from abroad
Britain became known as "The workshop of the world"
Workers in new towns lived in tiny houses with no running water and no sewage facilities
Some politicians passed new laws to improve conditions in the towns
Laws passed in the 19th Century stopped factories from employing very young children
Some children worked for as long as 14 hours a day
Large buildings called factories were needed for the new machines and the many workers who operated them
Britain became known as "The workshop of the world"
Many of the jobs in towns were dangerous and dirty
Air quality in towns was very low as a result of burning coal
Water quality in towns was very poor due to industrial pollution and untreated human waste
The burning of fossil fuels has led to climate change
Family size's increased rapidly as greater access to food and medical advances lowered the death rate
Families often lived together in extremely cramped conditions
Life expectancy increased
Medical technology improved and more people gained access to health care
In 1750, only very rich people could vote for a member of Parliament
By the 1800s, there were still few members of Parliament representing industrial towns
Laws passed in the 19th Century stopped factories from employing very young children
Many of the new goods produced in Britain were sold abroad
The UK economy grew rapidly
The demand for raw materials led Britain and other countries to colonize and dominate less technologically advance countries
In the second half of the 19th Century, more and more working men were given the vote
On occasions, there were huge smogs that lasted for weeks and caused many deaths
