Question

What changes occurred in London after the industrial revolution?

Answer 1

Economic changes:
1) The first impact was economic changes where in with the enclosure movement, lesser rural people had lands to cultivate and had to migrate to London.
2) A new generation of entrepreneurs headed the technological innovations to make production cheaper.

Political changes:
1) London had been developing continually in terms of urban poor and migrant populations since 1750.
2) Immense social pressures were felt as homelessness increased, slums grew and green areas reduced in the city.
3) Attention was paid to the housing projects in the city so that workers riots would not occur.

Social changes:
1) Social changes included strengthening of the bankers and the merchants who used to bring in people from the country side or give production work in the countryside.
2) Children were used not only in manufacturing but also to rob and beg by organized crime groups.