In eighteenth century Europe, the poor peasants and artisans eagerly agreed to take the advance offered by the merchants and were willing to produce goods for them. Due to the following reasons: 1. During this time in the countryside the open fields were disappearing and commons were being enclosed. The cottagers and peasants were looking…
Indian mills regained the domestic market as the British mills were busy with the war-needs production. The Manchester imports declined in India. Due to the prolonged war, Indian factories got an opportunity to produce for the war needs. Many new factories were set up and the old factories ran multiple shifts, demands for workers increased…
The three reasons for the clashes between the weavers and the gomasthas were: 1. Earlier the weavers dealt with the supply merchants who lived within the weaving villages and had a close link with the weavers whereas the gomasthas were outsiders who had no social link with the weavers. 2. The supply merchants were looking…
The three reasons for the increase of the industrial production in India during the First World War were: Indian mills regained the domestic market as the British mills were busy with the war needs production. The Manchester imports declined in India. Due to the prolonged war Indian factories got an opportunity to produce for the…
The effects of East India Company’s exploitative methods of asserting monopoly over trade were as follows: Many villagers refused taking loans and advances for doing the production. They closed down their workshops and shifted back to agriculture work. Some of them migrated to other villages to set up their looms.
The three functions of gomasthas were: Gomasthas were paid servants appointed by the company to supervise weavers, collect supplies and check the quality of the cloth. The weavers were given loans to buy the raw materials and were made bound to supply it the gomastha only. Gomasthas acted arrogantly and often beat them for the…
Even after the consolidation of the East India Company’s power after the 1760s the Company was willing to expand the textile exports from India because of the following reasons: 1. First, the cotton industries had not yet expanded hi Britain. 2. Second, great demand of the Indian fine textiles in Europe. 3. Earlier, due to…
These jobbers were old and trusted persons who got people from the villages, ensured them jobs and their settlement in the cities along with financial help during the times of crisis. The jobbers were employed to get new recruits. Thus they had authority and power. Later on they started demanding money and gifts for their…
The aristocrats and the bourgeoisie were the upper class people in the Victorian Britain who preferred hand-made things because these products symbolize refinement and class as they were better finished and carefully designed. They had the thinking that the machine-made goods were for export to the colonies.