the 1st symbol of new era was cotton boomed in the late ninteenth century. Justify the statement
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Industrialisation in Europe:
ï‚ 1730s: The earliest factories in England came up.ï‚ First symbol of the new era was cotton.ï‚ Inventions in the 18th century increased the efficacy of each step of production(carding, twisting, spinning and rolling). The output per worker also rose.ï‚ Richard Arkwright invented the cotton mill. Mill production of cotton started,which allowed a more careful supervision over the production process.ï‚ Cotton became the leading sector in the first phase of industrialization.ï‚ The expansion of railways in England and its colonies rapidly increased the demandfor iron and steel.ï‚ The new, technologically advanced industrial sectors could not easily displace thetraditional industries. Textiles were still produced within domestic units and not infactories.ï‚ The high cost of machines and the uncertainty of their performance madetechnological changes slow. Merchants and industrialists were cautious aboutaccepting and using the new technology.ï‚ 1781: James Watt improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen andpatented the new engine
Industrialisation in India:
British Textiles in Indiaï‚ The British industrialists pressurized the government to impose duties on cottontextiles so that Manchester goods could sell in Britain without any outsidecompetition.ï‚ The industrialists also persuaded the East India Company for selling the Britishmanufactures in the Indian markets.ï‚ Exports of British cotton goods increased dramatically in the early 19th century.ï‚ The export market of the Indian cotton weavers collapsed and the local marketshrank, being glutted with cheap Manchester imports.ï‚ The weavers could not get sufficient supply of good quality raw cotton. Weavers inIndia were starved of supplies and forced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices.ï‚ By the end of the 19th century, factories in India began production, flooding themarkets with machine-made goods. Consequently, the weaving industry decayedand died.ï� Factories in Indiaï‚ 1854: First cotton mill came up in Bombayï‚ 1855: The first jute mill came up; and another one in 1862ï‚ 1860s: The Elgin mill was started in Kanpurï‚ 1861: The first cotton mill of Ahmadabad was set upï‚ 1874: The first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production
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ï‚ 1730s: The earliest factories in England came up.ï‚ First symbol of the new era was cotton.ï‚ Inventions in the 18th century increased the efficacy of each step of production(carding, twisting, spinning and rolling). The output per worker also rose.ï‚ Richard Arkwright invented the cotton mill. Mill production of cotton started,which allowed a more careful supervision over the production process.ï‚ Cotton became the leading sector in the first phase of industrialization.ï‚ The expansion of railways in England and its colonies rapidly increased the demandfor iron and steel.ï‚ The new, technologically advanced industrial sectors could not easily displace thetraditional industries. Textiles were still produced within domestic units and not infactories.ï‚ The high cost of machines and the uncertainty of their performance madetechnological changes slow. Merchants and industrialists were cautious aboutaccepting and using the new technology.ï‚ 1781: James Watt improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen andpatented the new engine
Industrialisation in India:
British Textiles in Indiaï‚ The British industrialists pressurized the government to impose duties on cottontextiles so that Manchester goods could sell in Britain without any outsidecompetition.ï‚ The industrialists also persuaded the East India Company for selling the Britishmanufactures in the Indian markets.ï‚ Exports of British cotton goods increased dramatically in the early 19th century.ï‚ The export market of the Indian cotton weavers collapsed and the local marketshrank, being glutted with cheap Manchester imports.ï‚ The weavers could not get sufficient supply of good quality raw cotton. Weavers inIndia were starved of supplies and forced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices.ï‚ By the end of the 19th century, factories in India began production, flooding themarkets with machine-made goods. Consequently, the weaving industry decayedand died.ï� Factories in Indiaï‚ 1854: First cotton mill came up in Bombayï‚ 1855: The first jute mill came up; and another one in 1862ï‚ 1860s: The Elgin mill was started in Kanpurï‚ 1861: The first cotton mill of Ahmadabad was set upï‚ 1874: The first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production
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