UGC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Spinning Wheel, Middle Ages, Outdoor Life
23 May 2016
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All western europe was one big farm (agriculture) to machines in the beginning of 1760s. They defeated france in 7 years war (1756-1763) which made britain the number 1 mercantile nation, but the demand for british goods (like woolen cloth) far outpaces supply. In the 1760s and beyond new inventions begin to speed up technology which speeds up production. (spinning wheel to spinning jenny to water powered city factories) As demand pushed supply, new technology (and greed_ pushed population off the land (enclosure acts & highland cleareneces) Some emigrate- go to british colonies 9 or new us) 2. go to newly booming industrial towns to work in factories. Traditionally; the rich had been landowners and controlled the house of lords. In the middle ages, the new merchant class: entered house of commoners, gradually came to control the national economy (and royal economy too)
