How Successful Was The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution began in England for many reasons. There was a large population of available workers, extensive resources, expanding economy, highly devoted banking system, political stability, and parliament passed laws encouraging business and expansion.

There was a large population of available workers due to the enclosure movement and urbanization. The enclosure movement was when rich farmers were buying land from small farmers. If you had a lot of land, you benefited economically. Since the small farmers sold their land,they moved into cities with hopes for more jobs, this is called urbanization. This feature gave available workers jobs. Urbanization was a successful feature of the Industrial Revolution and the longest lasting