Answer:
In
most countries, there were more seekers of jobs than employment.
Population from rural areas migrated to the cities to live in overcrowded
slums. Small producers in towns were often faced with stiff competition from imports
of cheap machine, made from England, where industrialization was more advanced
than in the continent. This was especially so in textile production which was
carried out mainly in homes or small workshops and was only partly mechanised.
In those regions of Europe where the aristocracy still enjoyed power, peasants
struggled under the burden of feudal dues and obligations. The rise in food
prices or a year of bad harvest led to widespread pauperism in town and
country.
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