Question

The new textile factories and ironworkers needed all their workers to start and finish at the same time everyday.
A)True
B)False

Answer 1

Hint: The period from 1760’s to 1840’s was the transition period known as the first industrial revolution, as the old ways of production were transformed to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United states.

Complete answer: Before the inception of the industrial revolution, most of the workforce was engaged in agricultural work or were self-employed. It was in the sixteenth century, in Britain when farmers and other people started producing goods and materials at home for markets. The merchant capitalists paid the workforce piece by piece and provided them raw materials; this process led to the advent of Cottage industry.

The majority of the iron or textile workers belonged to socially marginalized sections of the society like women, orphans and children. These workers typically worked for 12 to 14 hours a day with only Sundays off, they were paid low wages and exploited. The standard of living reduced during this period, as the workers had to work endlessly and in hazardous conditions. There was a lack of transportation hence gave rise to urbanization in towns as people migrated from rural to urban cities.
Many mill owners provided dormitories for workers, especially for women and children.
Option A, TRUE is the correct answer.

Note: Child labor was one of the crucial problems of the system of machinery in the Industrialization period. Many workers protested against the industrialization by sabotaging factories, and the inventors of various machinery such as John kay suffered harassment at the hands of labor for producing machinery.