Industrialization change of life By Abazan 1760 1760: Manchenster had a population of 45,000. 1779 1779:Ludd, an english laborer, destroys weaving machinery. 1800 1800: Beginnings of Industrialization. 1800 1800: People start to migrate to the cities. 1800 1800-1850: Habitants increase in 100,000. 1800 1800: London became an important city, giving more jobs to a lot of people. 1800 1800: Lates 1800, rich entrepreneurs and lords of the countryside, were considered equals. 1811 1811: Luddites attack whole factories, destroying labor saving machinery. 1819 1819: Till the first factory Act pass, british government had little control over child labor. 1835 1835: “From this filthy sewer pure gold flows”, frase written by Alexis de Tocqueville, after Manchester. 1842 1842: A british study shows an average life of about 17 years for the working class and 38 years for rural areas. 1848 1848: “Mary Barton”, book by Elizabeth Gaskell about rural life experience. 1850 1850: Manchester population became 300,000. 1860 1860: The Pemberton Mill of five floors, collapsed and killed about 145 workers. 1862 1862: An observer writes about the river that was infected by foul impurities.
