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Explain a turning point associated with the events or ideas in documents 1 and 2. Be sure to use evidence from both documents 1 and 2 in your response.

Document #2
Robert J. Southey was a British writer who was born during the Industrial Revolution.
“..A place more destitute of all interesting objects than Manchester, it is not easy to conceive. In size and population it
is the second city in the kingdom, containing above fourscore thousand [80,000] inhabitants. Imagine this multitude
crowded together in narrow streets, the houses all built of brick and blackened with smoke; frequent buildings among
them as large as convents, without their antiquity, without their beauty, without their holiness; where you hear from within,
as you pass along, the everlasting din of machinery; and where when the bell rings it is to call wretches to their work
instead of their prayers, ..."
- Robert J. Southey, Letters from England, 1807
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Transcribed Image Text:Document #2 Robert J. Southey was a British writer who was born during the Industrial Revolution. “..A place more destitute of all interesting objects than Manchester, it is not easy to conceive. In size and population it is the second city in the kingdom, containing above fourscore thousand [80,000] inhabitants. Imagine this multitude crowded together in narrow streets, the houses all built of brick and blackened with smoke; frequent buildings among them as large as convents, without their antiquity, without their beauty, without their holiness; where you hear from within, as you pass along, the everlasting din of machinery; and where when the bell rings it is to call wretches to their work instead of their prayers, ..." - Robert J. Southey, Letters from England, 1807
Document #1
Map of England during the Industrial Revolution.
INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND,
EARLY NINETEENTH
CENTURY
Coalfields
Canals
Navigable rivers
Textile centers
lead
ZincA* Newcastle
Mron
„Kendal
Hull
Lead
Nantwich Zinc
lead
Ashby
Norwich
Iron
London
Exeter
50
100
MILES
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Transcribed Image Text:Document #1 Map of England during the Industrial Revolution. INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND, EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY Coalfields Canals Navigable rivers Textile centers lead ZincA* Newcastle Mron „Kendal Hull Lead Nantwich Zinc lead Ashby Norwich Iron London Exeter 50 100 MILES Sourcehttp://historymaps.wikispaces.com/file/viewiEarty%2019th20Century%20lndustrial%20Revolution-%20Engla nd.gif/471687920/Early%2019th%20Century20lndustria.20Revolution-N20England.gif
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