king noble persons knight peasant had nothing worked for the nobleman poor died young all their life
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King
Money
Rules
Owned Land
Collected Taxes
Very powerful
Noble Persons Looked after Land
Paid The King Taxes
PeasantsLaw
Did What the king told them
Knight
Upheld the Law
Collected the taxes
Did Not Work
Fought For the king
Peasant
Had Nothing
Worked for the Nobleman
Poor
Died YoungAll their life
Worked from Home
Made one item at a time
Womens’ Works
All Day Every Day
Man’s Work
Long Hours
Hot Heavy Work
Making little Money
The Beginning Why?
• The Industrial Revolution changed human life drastically.
• Machines to make lots of things fast .
• More was created in the last 250+ years than in the previous 2500+ years of known human history
What was the Industrial Revolution?
• A fundamental change in the way goods were produced
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• More efficient means of production and subsequent higher levels of production triggered far-reaching changes to industrialized societies
• Machines were invented which replaced human labour
Domestic System Factory System
Methods Hand tools Machines
Location Home Factory--
Ownership and Kinds of Tools
Small hand tools Power-driven machines
Production Output Sold only to local market; Sold to worldwide market;
Nature of Work Done by Worker
Worker manufactured entire item Production Lines _
Hours of Work Sun _ Worker worked daily set hours
Worker Dependence on Employer Worked for one person and themselves Worked in a Factory or for lots of people
Factory system
• Developed to replace the domestic system of production• Faster method of production• Workers concentrated in a set location• Production anticipated demand• What was it like?
• For consumers• You get to grab your size shirt off the store rack• Store owners kept numerous dresses, etc., in stock in a number of popular patterns and sizes,
anticipating that women would buy them• Clothes were cheaper, and you saw more variety/options in a store, so you bought more
• For workers• More steady work• No longer worked from home, but in a clothing factory
