RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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creative destruction
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textile mill
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mercantilism
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genocide
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Detailed explanation-1: -Exploitation of women and children: Women and children were also employed in industries. They were forced to do work without wages or wages less than the male workers. It badly affected their health. Increase in National Income: After the Industrial Revolution, they were now able to produce new items.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mill women, some 2, 500 in number, left the mills to protest an increase in charges at company boardinghouses unaccompanied by a corresponding increase in their wages. The women held out for several months and displayed a keen sense of tactics in their struggle with the mill agents.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is understandable why New England led the way to industrialization. With plentiful rivers and streams, this region made an ideal location for the development of mills using waterpower. Samuel Slater deserves much of the credit for bringing the textile mill to New England.