The British Economy in the Eighteenth Century
The British economy expanded significantly in the eighteenth century, particularly with the development of factory manufacturing. By the middle of the century, it had begun to alter the northern English landscape. “From the Establishment of Manufacturers we see Hamlets swell into Villages. and Villages into Towns.,” exclaimed one gentleman in the 1770s. The production of manufactured goods doubled in the second half of the century. Cotton manufacturing led the way: from 1750 to 1770, British cotton exports doubled. The production of iron followed in importance, along with wool and woolen fabrics, linen, silk, copper, paper, cutlery, and the booming building trades. Coal was substituted for wood as fuel.
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