History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Age Of Enlightenment, Montesquieu, Philosophes

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1401E
• Professor: Brock Millman

Document Summary

Exam questions: what were the major forces making for fundamental change in. Thesis: economic factors were the most crucial factors for fundamental change in 18th century. The introduction of machines in the 18th century proved to be a development in terms of production of secondary goods making manufacturing for efficient and to an extent less costly in the long run. However a knock-on effect of a change in production resulted in the redundancy of the workforce who were no longer needed in their masses to produce. The loss of jobs resulted in high levels of unemployment. Financing of us war: the french government was involved heavily in financing the. American war of independence, as a result of this it proved to be a major factor in the initial damage of the french economy, as the war yielded no direct economic to france thus raising their debt ceiling.