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During the 1800s the Industrial Revolution spread throughout Britain. The use of steam-powered machines, led to a massive increase in the number of factories – particularly in textile factories, this was the industry that was most associated w
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During the 1800s the Industrial Revolution spread throughout Britain. The use of steam-powered machines, led to a massive increase in the number of factories - particularly in textile factories, this was the industry that was most associated with the Industrial Revolution. The movement of people away from the agriculture and into industrial cities brought great stresses to many people in the labour force. As the number of factories grew people from countryside also began to move into the towns looking for better paid work. Women in households who had earned income from spinning found the new factories taking away their source of income. The wages of a farm worker were very low and there were less jobs working on farms because of the invention and use of new machines such as threshers. Also thousands of new workers were needed to work machines and the factory owners paid the minimum amount necessary...
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