In the following essay the causes of poverty in Britain between 1750 and 1834 shall be discussed.
Britain in the late eighteenth century was going through many changes, which caused poverty to increase in Britain. Whether that was the Industrial Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, mobility of labour, population growth or even the Poor Law; they all played a part in British poverty.
Between 1750 and 1834 there was a large increase in the population, combined with migration from the countryside to the towns in search of work. Also according to the BBC British History "through the 1700s th…
