FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Enslaved people were hired to run the machines used by cottage industries.
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Enslaved people were used to produce more of the resources used by cottage industries.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -How were enslaved laborers most affected by the growth of the European cottage industry? Enslaved people ere used to produce more of the resources used by the cottage industries. What happens in a market economy? Individuals get to choose what they want to buy.
Detailed explanation-2: -These industries included, among others, hand spinning and weaving, gur making, flour grinding, rice pounding, cotton ginning, rope-making, basket making, mat weaving, sericulture and tobacco manufacture. Of these, hand spinning was by far the most important.
Detailed explanation-3: -In conclusion, the cottage industry is the term that historians use to identify production that was completed before the start of the Industrial Revolution. It involved people producing goods on a very small scale in their homes and was not centralized in one location.