19th Century Industrialization

England had many various factors that made it the most industrialized nation by 1820. It began in the eighteenth century with the dramatic rise in population. With increased population, the need for mass food production became paramount. Capital-intensive commercialized farming began to form in England earlier than anywhere else. The new invention of railroads was a catalyst for the industrialization of England. Trains allowed industrials(including coal), garments,foodstuffs, and personnel to be transported in half the time it used to take. The discovery of large coal deposits, that were easily accessible, provided England with the fuel it needed to run the trains at a lower cost. Densely populated urban cities provided demand for manufactured
New technology aided England’s agriculture to produce more than ever before. Food became greatly needed because of the dramatic increase in population that England experienced in the nineteenth century. Britain’s commercial domination provided capital for investment in manufacturing. Not only did they they produce food, but they also produced mass amounts of cotton. British colonies provided an abundance of raw materials that contributed to the manufacturing industry, such as the American colonies providing cotton. The cotton industry led the industrial revolution, and also carried other industries along with it. The textile industry greatly boomed in England with the abundance of cotton and workers. Cotton soon became largely popular, allowing for every class of people to be able to clothed. Cotton soon became more than half of Britain’s exports well into the nineteenth century
Densely populated urban areas produced majority of the manufactured goods, where it once had been the countryside in previous times. The abundance of available workforce allowed for factory owners to hire workers for a lower cost. Since they were able to companies could hire less, it enabled companies to make more money as well as buy new machinery for more workers to work on. Many women began to start working in factories, making getting jobs competitive because of the large abundance of