The industrial revolution

When the English man’s home was his castle people were self sufficient. Looms made clothes from wool and other twine. Pigs in the yard and a cow or two. Vegetables growing also and water from a well. Then according to historical sources common land was commandeered, possibly by the landed gentry, thought to be of Bulgarian descent but migrating from other areas. Mainly Germany. The partitioning of more and more common land meant less pasture for people’s animals and lead to dependency. Concurrent to this was the beginning of the mass production of animal and other food products followed by the need for a currency which began with a bartering system and I.o.u. notes. The industrial revolution continued with the mass production of clothing, seemingly beginning with the making of an industrial sized loom. Factories built in inner cities resulted in people flocking to towns because of poverty. Houses were built for them which were only shacks with no running water. The poverty got worse. Long hours and little food. The profits from the mills were substantial, but seemingly independent from the crown it was typified as new money. According to a source, mill and factory owners grouped together to form a new political party known as the liberals.