Rizal arrived in Madrid, Spain in 1882. There he studied the practice of Medicine, but his time in Europe allowed him to write a book exposing the Spanish colonial relationship with the Philippines. He then became actively involved in propaganda for a Filipino movement. In his time at Spain he learned how the colonizer was treating the colony. This allowed him to write his work, "Noli Me Tangere" which was published in his time in Germany in 1887. This sparked movements in the Philippines such as anti-colonization.
Actually the real answer is the second and first world war pouring money into the us economy for output. If that is not an option it would be the invention of the steam engine and the 1800's locomotive industry.
The basic causes of the decline of the landed aristocracy are clear enough: the collapse of agriculture and the march of democracy. The first was the more important