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Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
How the Industrial Revolution affected life in Britain
19th century
• A nation’s 1. was judged partly by what its citizens owned.
• Advances in the production of goods and in 2. transformed everyday life.
Main areas of change
Manufacturing
• The Revolution depended on newly available forms of 3..
• The leading sector was 4., whose products became widely accessible.
• The arrival of large 5. required factories and encouraged migration to towns.
Transport
• Railways eventually replaced canals as the principal network.
• The new system changed shopping habits:
• wider circulation of 6. showed people what shops were selling;
• customers were no longer restricted to 7. products.
Retailing
• The first department stores opened.
• Products could be seen more clearly:
• inside shops because of improved 8.;
• from the street because shop 9. became larger.
• Persuasive 10. became far more widespread.
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