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en-wikipedia-org-5543		Europe - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	25338	3459	71	The invention and implementation of new technologies resulted in rapid urban growth, mass employment, and the rise of a new working class.[154] Reforms in social and economic spheres followed, including the first laws on child labour, the legalisation of trade unions,[155] and the abolition of slavery.[156] In Britain, the Public Health Act of 1875 was passed, which significantly improved living conditions in many British cities.[157] Europe's population increased from about 100 million in 1700 to 400 million by 1900.[158] The last major famine recorded in Western Europe, the Great Famine of Ireland, caused death and mass emigration of millions of Irish people.[159] In the 19th century, 70 million people left Europe in migrations to various European colonies abroad and to the United States.[160] Demographic growth meant that, by 1900, Europe's share of the world's population was 25%.[161]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5543.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5543.txt