Economic development and industrialisation
What Economic development and industrialisation means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Britain transitioned from a rural, agrarian society in the medieval period to an industrial powerhouse by the 19th century, creating wealth but also severe urban poverty.
The shift from an agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse and later a service-based economy, which drastically altered living standards and government resources.
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