Read the excerpt from the work of Charles Dickens. Then answer the question that follows.
It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke
and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red
and black. ... It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which
interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and
never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with
ill-smelling dye.
Charles Dickens, Hard Times
What is Dickens describing?
А
consequences of the Columbian Exchange
B
consequences of the Industrial Revolution
С
consequences of the Northern Renaissance
D
consequences of the Glorious Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to manufacturing processes that occured in the United States, Britain, etc. It was the process of change from an agrarian economy to an economy dominated by industries.

In the excerpt, Charles Dickens was describing urban pollution which were due to the fact that there were more industries. This led to the smoke from the industries that he described. Therefore, it was the consequences of the Industrial Revolution.

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