why was proto-industrialisation successful In the country side in England in the 17th century?
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This was not based on factories. It was successful in the countryside in England due to the following reasons : (i) The peasants had been shut out of village commons due to enclosure movement. (ii) They now looked for an alternative source of income
◐ HUGE DEMAND⇝
The why trade expanded at a very fast rate in the 17th and 18th centuries. The acquisition of colonies was also responsible for the increase in demand. The town producers fail to produce required quantity.
◐ POWERFUL TOWN PRODUCERS⇝
The town produces very powerful due to powerful guild system. These guilds restricted the entry of new people within the trade.
◐MONOPOLY RIGHTS⇝
The rulers granted different guilds the Monopoly right to produce and trade in specific products. It it was therefore difficult for new merchants to set up business in towns. so that turn to the countryside.
◐LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES⇝
Open fields were disappearing in the countryside and the commons were being enclosed. Cottagers and poor peasants who were earlier dependent on common lands became jobless.
◐ ADVANCES⇝
Merchants and traders offered advances to the poor and peasants household.