Urbanization During The Industrial Revolution

There are many important things that occurred during the Industrial Revolution but urbanization might be one of the most important, since it helped lead to the growth of industrial capitalism. At this time, machines, such as the spinning jenny and the steam engine, were making more and more jobs for people. People were moving to those higher tech places that had jobs, not only because the Enclosure movement was making it hard for people to keep their land, but people, especially people who had lived in a place of poverty or war wanted to start anew and survive. Not only was that the cause of urbanization but due to famine and disease being at an all time low more people were living. They have proven that in 1750 there was roughly 140 million