To what extent had Britain and her population changed between 1880 1851
Britain changed considerably between, 1800-1851 due to many factors. Some of those factors were population and urbanisation, child labour, industry and transport. There are many more factors behind the Industrial Revolution and within this essay I will look at these and how they changed Britain. The Industrial Revolution brought with it an increase in population and urbanization as well as new social classes, but why? The population increased showed a growth rate of 1% annually and this would nearly double in fifty years. ... Also at the beginning of the 19th century there were not many cities within Britain, but this grew rapidly over time and these cities were Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester. ... Shown below is a table of how the population increased over a forty year people in Britain: Year England & Wales Scotland Ireland Total 1811 10,164,256 1,805,864 5,937,856 17,907,976 1821 12,000,236 2,091,521 6,801,827 20,893,584 1931 13,896,797 2,364,386 7,767,401 24,028,584 1941 15,914,148 2,620,184 8,196,597 26,730,929 1951 17,927,609 2,888,742 6,574,278 27,390,629 To what extent had Britain and her population changed between 1880-1851. Continued: With the increase in population and better conditions, does that mean that each individual was better off? The answer is obviously no, for the simple reason the wealth and resources of the country were not evenly distributed across the whole population. ... Industry evolved over time in many different ways, but what effect did it have on Britain? ... By 1851 42% of the British labour force consisted of workers in industry, manufacturing and mining; the next largest being agriculture. ... Children started working usually between the ages of nine and twelve and a typical day would be twelve hours long for not much money, thus making them very cheap labour. ... To what extent had Britain and her population changed between 1880-1851. Continued: As the century progressed and industry was changing, so were the way people moved about and this had great effects on the transport system within Britain. ... The big railway boom in Britain came in the years 1844 to 1847. ... So over the fifty year period I have discuss in this essay Britain became an industrial nation, growing very fast to keep up the pace of industry. ... Britain changed considerably between, 1800-1851 due to many factors. Some of those factors were population and urbanisation, child labour, industry and transport.