Beginning of Population Explosion / Growth of the Cottage Industry

The Industrial Revolution and the growth of the Cottage Industry did not spread to Prussia until long after it exploded in Britain. The Prussian government finally began to support such local industries as they feared falling behind other countries' developments. The government in Prussia took on the role of innitiating, financing, managing, and subsidizing businesses in hopes of catching up to Britain. The industries in Prussia did in fact grow in the nineteenth century. Prussia purposely supported every economic development possible, especially transportation and industry. With this newfounded prosper came an inevitable population expolsion, very similar to Britian's. However, the Cottage Industry remained primarily a British focus and did not spread much in Prussia like other industries.