Question

what happened to weavers in India at the end of 18th century​

Answer 1

Explanation:

• Due to industrialization in Britain, their export market collapsed.
• As British traders started exporting machine-made clothes to India so their local market shrank.
• As raw cotton was being exported to England, there was a shortage of raw materials.
• When the American Civil War broke out, and the cotton supplies from United States were cut off, Britain turned to India.
• As raw cotton exports from India increased, the prices of raw cotton shot up.
• Weavers in India were starved of supplies and forced to buy raw cotton at higher prices.

Answer 2

Indian weavers at the end of the 18th century:

• Weavers in India went short of food of supplies and enforced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices.
• As raw cotton was being transferred to England, there was a lack of raw materials. When the American Civil War broke out, and the cotton provisions from the US were cut off.
• Britain turned to India. As raw cotton trades from India increased, the price of raw cotton shot up.  
• The Gomasthas acted unpleasantly and punished weavers for delays in supply

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