Which best describes the major change in the New England, and later on, in the states in the north, with the onset and growth of industrialization? Question 14 options: Shift from a primarily rural and agricultural focus to that of increasing urbanization with industrialization growing in the urban areas. Major shift in population as people left New England, leaving it mostly rural, and moving to the mid western states in the north making them mostly urban centers. Many people left the north due to pollution, crime, and unhealthy and cramped conditions. Shift from primarily rural to that of only large urban centers.