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Answer» Rise of at least two new social classes; workers and industrialists which led to a complete redrawing of the political map (e.g. rise of new - e.g. socialist - movements)
nobility was losing its influence
previously small cities and even entire regions rose into PROMINENCE because they became industrial centers
greater EFFICIENCY of farming lead to massive decrease of people who worked on the fields as farmers
people who weren't needed anymore on the fields moved en masse to the cities where new factories rose
others
Foreign politics
the states that lived through the industrial REVOLUTION earlier had a massive head START compared to others (e.g. England), those who didn't fell to nothingness (e.g. China)
some regions became more prominent which lead to greater competition between nations for those regions
the hungry industrial sector demanded new resources which was one of the reasons for rapid colonization of many parts of the world (AFRICA is a good example)
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