The economic significance of the first Industrial Revolution is explained with the new emergence of factories and machines. ... For example the members of the Bourgeoisie wanted their machines and factories to run as much as possible, and this created a new labor system. ... Workers were expected to work very long hours six days a week to make sure the machines kept running. ... Because of all of this, the factories, machines, and family labor, Britain becomes the richest industrial nation by the mid 19th century. ... An increase in food production lead to more people being able to get the...

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Men had not yet grasped the ideal of creating machines or using their cattle to ease their jobs. ... This proved very profitable for the urban merchants, since they could sell the finished cloth for far more than they paid the farmers to make it. ... Britain had a larger educated workforce in place to run the machines and create the necessary manuals. ...

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