Mass Migration

The Industrial Revolution

• started in England
• invention of the steam engine made travelling (and by extension migration) faster and more affordable
  • previously sailors depended on wind for travel. Because of the steam engine, Europeans could travel faster and further than before.
• The Industrial Revolution marked a fundamental change in how we worked
  • Mass production of goods became common
• The major improvements in technology increased the need for raw materials
  • Europeans began moving around more to get more raw materials for the mass production of goods
  • e.g.

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• More jobs were created in ‘industrial cities’
  • The working class was created