Industrial Revolution in Manchester: Reasons and Impacts

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The following essay aims to discuss about the industrial revolution that took place in
Britain and specifically in Manchester regarding textiles. The reasons and impacts of this
revolution in the entire England will be discussed here in this essay. Manchester has been widely
regarded as a region where industrial revolution got a huge boost through economic growth.
The industrial revolution in Manchester has been an exceptional thing in the history of
Great Britain (Smelser, 2013). The most positive aspects of this revolution are growth of society
through its economy, development and advancement of technology and social satisfaction of
common people of the country. In the 1800s, the rise of cotton trade had been the main reason
for this trade. The city of Manchester came to be known as Cottonpolis since cotton trade had
flourished and it dominated the worldwide textile industry all the more. The owner of the first
cotton mills in Manchester was Richard Aekwright in the year 1783. There have been several
impacts, both positive and negative in Manchester due to this revolution in the textile industry
(Smelser, 2013).
It has been speculated that total population of Manchester in the year 1773 was around
22000. Much of crowd from all parts of the country came pouring into Manchester due to this
revolution (Freeman, 2013). However, legislation regarding economical growth of that region
had given the opportunity to rise in population year. Overcrowding had been one of the most
crucial factors as the impacts of textile industrial revolution (Cottrell, 2013). Jobs had been filled
up by immigrants in this region as large factory mills had been introduced in this region. The
growth in jobs had been seen in this region. In this context, it must be stated that housing was not
much available in proportion to rise of jobs in Manchester. Those cotton mills came to be run by
electric from 1785 onwards and this increased the growth of job opportunities and higher
productivity resulting in boost for economy (Cottrell, 2013).