Question

How did the structure of British society change form 1688 to 1815?

Answer 1

The extent structure of British society change form between 1688 and 1815 can be discerned through a glimpse at the state of social and economic conditions at home, and the trade growth and expansion of empire at the beginning and end of that period. England and Wales had nearly 4.9 million a population in 1688, and the internal economy was mainly on agriculture. As British society contained a highly extensive middling sector compared to other western country thus provided flourishing commercial platform with, and settlement in, far-flung territories. By the end of the 17th century nearly 350,000 people had emigrated from England across the Atlantic. The triangular slave trade started supplying the Atlantic colonies with unfree African labour, for work on sugar, tobacco, and rice plantations. Headquarter was based in London for the activities of the Royal African Company. After c.1770 there was a rapid growth in population; and by 1815 the British population was nearly12 million. The proto-industrialisation, agricultural productivity, the manufacturing growth and new mineral technologies, along with the factories arrival assisted the economy to industrialise. By 1815, Britain possessed a global empire which was very strong and impressive in scale in both the Indian as well as Atlantic Oceans, and around their shores, compared to any other European state.