Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution unfolded in England before any other European nation, with new inventions: hydraulic lines, steam engines, iron plows, locomotives, vaccines, etc., transforming the medieval way of life. However, social groups were influenced by this revolution unevenly.

The wealthy remained the most powerful group. It was the group least affected by the changes. They were enormously enriched by industrialization as they owned about 70% of the English lands. They acquired a capitalist mentality and benefited from the passage of the railroad through their lands and the increase in agricultural production thanks to the new techniques.

Rural workers are hurt by the precarious contracts brought by the agricultural revolution. In addition, the unpopular Speenhamland System, or "Poor Law" is implemented and they lose the possibility of acquiring income through proto-industry due to the creation of factories.
The proletarians are the ones who will suffer the most from the uncontrolled growth of cities and savage industrialization. Most of the proletarians were peasants who had been forced to give up their way of life, moving to the cities in order to subsist