The need for coal meant that there was a small area surrounding the coal fields where population increases suddenly. Along with this, there was already an increase in population throughout Great Britain because of less infant mortality and greater life expectancy, this leads to a very high population density in these area.
A higher population meant that there was an even higher demand for goods, opening up new job opportunities. There was low unemployment, and many people who had been working within agriculture now begun to work in factories. Some middle class people had more chance to open up industry, making more money.
This cultural change meant that more people were able to get a good education. A lot of middle class people went to school, and even lower classes could get an education, although many didn’t. More educated people meant that religion became more popular. The amount of people allowed to vote doubled, although this may seem a large difference, it only increase the voting population to 10% of the richest. This 10% is also due to the industrial money being earned, so the rich were getting richer. Poor people were living in more cramped conditions within the cities, as housing was built quickly, so that factory workers had accommodation.
This cramped housing meant that sanitary needs were not very good. Killer diseases were still rife; however some vaccinations were discovered during this time. There was very little change in this area during the industrial revolution. People were more concerned with industrial developments than medicine. Ordinary people could not afford medicine, and higher classes were weary to try out new developments.
The good trade meant that it was important to introduce a god transport system with Great Britain. From 1750-1830 a lot more canals and roads were built to transport coal to factories, and produce for shipping. This system was a lot more efficient to that which was there beforehand. By the end of this period, the first train lined were laid, transporting coal, produce, and passengers across the country.
I think that all of the factors described above were very important in the development in the industrialisation, although some were more important than others. I think that the least important reasons were the culture, and politics. These did not change much, and the changes which did occur followed the same patterns as those which had happened previously. I think the next least important factor was medicine. There was no real difference for people with the quality of living, however, there were vaccinations.
In my opinion, the second most important factors to show how far Britain was changed by the industrial revolution were transport and work. The transport system greatly improved, making it a lot easier to travel, and for goods to be distributed around the country and world wide. The type of work changed greatly also. Before this period, the main type of work was agriculture, and most other work revolved around this. Between 1750 and 1830, this changed, so the main type of work was industrial. Many people migrated towards areas where there was a lot of industry, ant left their agricultural land to work in the factories.
I think that the thing which changed the most by the industrial revolution was the population. People moved from their homes in the rural areas to live in towns where there was industry. As well as this, there was a huge population increase at the same time. This caused there to be a very high population density in some areas, and effected where the population was situated (surrounding the coal fields). I also think that population increase was the main factor which caused the industrial revolution in the first place. Without such a huge increase in population, the amount of change within the other categories would not have been as great, or happened at all.
However, I think that all these factors changed greatly over the industrial revolution, and without one of them changing another change may not have become possible.
