GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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Why did the “cottage industry” come to an end?
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Too many people moved to the city.
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It was replaced by the factory system.
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The need for textiles decreased.
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Women who worked in cottage industries went on strike.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The factory system was a new way of organizing labour made necessary by the development of machines which were too large to house in a worker’s cottage. Working hours were as long as they had been for the farmer, that is, from dawn to dusk, six days per week.
Detailed explanation-2: -The factory system replaced the domestic system, in which individual workers used hand tools or simple machinery to fabricate goods in their own homes or in workshops attached to their homes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The factory system is an approach to manufacturing that arose during the Industrial Revolution in England to replace the cottage industry and putting out system.
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