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How did the Industrial Revolution affect the power of aristocracy, or noble class?
Their power increased due to their ability to control when and where factories were built.
Their power increased because they were able to loan money to people who wanted to build factories.
Their power decreased as a new middle class of factory owners and managers grew in wealth and power.
Their power stayed basically the same since they were the same people who owned most of the factories.
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Their power decreased as a new middle class of factory owners and managers grew in wealth and power.
Explanation: The Industrial Revolution shifted the basis of wealth from land to industrial capital. Factory owners, industrialists and bankers (the new bourgeoisie) accumulated large economic resources, gained political influence (through voting reforms, investment and lobbying), and rose in social status. The landed aristocracy often retained wealth and titles, and some invested in industry, but their relative political and economic dominance declined as cities, commerce and industry became the engines of national power.
Explanation: The Industrial Revolution shifted the basis of wealth from land to industrial capital. Factory owners, industrialists and bankers (the new bourgeoisie) accumulated large economic resources, gained political influence (through voting reforms, investment and lobbying), and rose in social status. The landed aristocracy often retained wealth and titles, and some invested in industry, but their relative political and economic dominance declined as cities, commerce and industry became the engines of national power.
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