Question

What is proto industrialization? Explain any four economic effects

Answer 1

Proto-imdustrialisation-
It refers to the pre-industrial era or we can say that it was a period before the factory system came into being.
There was large scale production for international market. But the production was carried out in countryside and not in factories.
Effects-
1. Open fields were disappearing and commons had no alternative sources of income.
2. Many had small plots which was not sufficient to sustain a family.
3. Merchants offered them advances which they readily agreed to
4. They got a source of income which supplemented their shrinking income from cultivation.
5. The whole family was involved in this proto-industrialisation production system.

Answer 2

The word proto indicating the first or early form of something . Proto industrialization indicating that period of time when factories were not setup . Effect on economic it helps in the expansion of world trade ,it also help in the acquisition of colonies in different parts of the world by this the demand of goods were being growing and the urban crafts and trade guilds were powerful this would also help in supplying money to the peasents and artisans persuading them to produce for international markets