What led to the growth of factories in England in the eighteenth century?
A. The increased size of families required people to look for alternative means of employment.
B. The rapidly increasing population created more demand for goods manufactured in factories.
C. Farmers who lost their lands due to agricultural reforms were in need of work.
D. The wealthy merchant class was more confident about investing in new industries.
Since the Agricultural Revolution, when land productivity has increased considerably, more food has been available to the population and fewer people were needed to produce it. With the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, many people from the countryside went to the cities in search of work. The increase in employment and the higher invoice increased the size of the population and consequently the demand for factory products.
