Chat with AIExam 18: Trade and Empire
Why did the population boom of the eighteenth century have the effect of improving people's lives instead of putting more economic pressure on them?
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VerifiedUnlike the population growth in the sixteenth century, the population growth in the eighteenth century created prosperity. Several factors were responsible for this, but predominantly it resulted from the economic growth caused by the development of overseas colonies and the growth of mercantilism. Also pivotal to this change is the time period: coming after the Scientific Revolution, there were more technical advancements as well as revisions of technique in agriculture and manufacturing. This is best seen in the advancement of the Agricultural Revolution, which started in Germany and later spread to the Netherlands and England. Switching away from the three-field system, to include a field that could grow new crops like turnips that in turn could be fed to livestock, gave farmers the possibility of alternating income between livestock and crops. There was greater participation of the rural household economy in earning cash through the putting-out system of home industry. Because there was more demand in the eighteenth century for manufactured consumer goods, people had greater opportunities for employment. With the cheaper production of goods, the price of goods dropped and more people could afford them. Finally, the general health of people improved because the plague disappeared, people began to pay more attention to hygiene and bathing, and urban governments planned more effectively how to remove waste.
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was based on the ideas of ______________.
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The competitor who benefited most from Spain's inadequate trading network to resupply its own colonies was ______________.
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One of Britain's most expedient methods of dealing with petty crime and felons was exile to Australia.
(82) The Calico act restricted the imports of cotton from ______________.
(73) Other than cotton, all of the following products were extremely lucrative exports from the American colonies to Britain except ______________.
(74) The crop that most strongly fueled the economic demand for slaves in the New World was ______________.
(88) The growth of consumerism across all classes was most evident as people began ______________.
(71) One of the primary goals of the Navigation Acts was to limit trade access by the Dutch in British territories.
(80) Compare and contrast each of the following revolutions: the agricultural, demographic, and the Industrial Revolution?
(92) Of the four major consumer items added to European diets, which was not a major product of the Consumer Revolution?
(75) British colonial holdings that required slave labor for production included all of the following except ______________.
(76) The crucial factor in the American victory over the English during the American Revolution was ______________.
(75) Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-American Revolution
(90) Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-King George III
(76) Who was responsible for the mass production of porcelain goods?
(75) The distinctive legal rights belonging to an order were known as ______________.
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