Just like the Black Death or the rise of Atlantic trade, the critical juncture created by industrialization intensified the ever-present conflict over institutions in many European nations.
Black death created a demand for peasants which enabled them to ask for more privileges.
Atlantic trade created a class of rich merchatns who had money and thus power. They supported Parlament in the fights against the Absolutist monarchy or King. They won largly because of the merchants enriched by the Altlantic trade.
