The repercussion of the industrial revolution for Britain

The repercussion of the industrial revolution for human (for the upper and the bottom of middling orders)

working class

Sadler Commission into Child Labor 1832

The general increase of wealth for the country, the rich and the upper middle class; the misery of the working class

The working condition in agriculture was no paradise.

Agricultural revolution means less labor power is needed in the farm, and the factories absorbed the labor force.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars brought blockades, food shortage and trade depressions. Depredation of the Continental System hurt the European economy.

Life in the city was exciting.

The overcrowd conditions of the city provided the rise of a working class culture and a sense of identity or class consciousness.

The plight of the working class could not be neglected and would be discussed by intellectuals and politicians.