(i) Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with landowners. They were at the master's table and helped their master through the year, doing a variety of jobs. (ii) By 1800, this practice began to disappear. Labourers were being paid wages and employed only during harvest times. (iii) As landowRead more
(i) Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with landowners. They were
at the master’s table and helped their master through the year, doing a
variety of jobs.
(ii) By 1800, this practice began to disappear. Labourers were being paid
wages and employed only during harvest times.
(iii) As landowners tried to increase their profits, they cut the amount they
had to spend on other workmen. Workers became insecure, employment
uncertain and income unstable. For a very large part of the veal, the
poor had no work.
(i) Riot spread all over southern England and near about 387 threshing machines were broken. (ii) Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their- livelihood. (iii) Most of these letters were signed in the name of Captain SwRead more
(i) Riot spread all over southern England and near about 387 threshing
machines were broken.
(ii) Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them
to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their- livelihood.
(iii) Most of these letters were signed in the name of Captain Swing, who was
supposed to support the farmers to destroy threshing machines’
(i) The British would procure opium at cheap rates. They would sell it at a high price to the opium agents in calcutta, who then shipped it to China. (ii) This difference between the buying and selling price was the government,s opium revenue. (iii) The prices given to the peasants were so low thatRead more
(i) The British would procure opium at cheap rates. They would sell it at
a high price to the opium agents in calcutta, who then shipped it to
China.
(ii) This difference between the buying and selling price was the government,s
opium revenue.
(iii) The prices given to the peasants were so low that by the early 18th
century, angry peasants began agitating for higher prices and refused to
take advances.
(iv) some cultivators around Benaras stopped cultivating opium and started
producing sugarcane and potato instead. some cultivators sold off their
opium crop to travelling traders called pykars, who offered them higher prices.
(i) The Western merchants could buy tea only by paving in silver coins or bullion. (ii) It meant outflows of treasure from England, as it would deplete the wealth of the nation. (iii) The merchants therefore looked for ways to stop this loss of silver. (iv) They searched for a commodity they could sRead more
(i) The Western merchants could buy tea only by paving in silver coins or bullion.
(ii) It meant outflows of treasure from England, as it would deplete the
wealth of the nation.
(iii) The merchants therefore looked for ways to stop this loss of silver.
(iv) They searched for a commodity they could sell in China, something they
could persuade the chinese to buy. so, opium was one such commodity.
(i) In the late 18th century, the English East India Company was buying tea and silk from China for sale in England. (ii) But England at that time produced nothing that could be easily sold in China. (iii) The Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus were suspicious of all foreign merchants. (iv) TheyRead more
(i) In the late 18th century, the English East India Company was buying tea
and silk from China for sale in England.
(ii) But England at that time produced nothing that could be easily sold in China.
(iii) The Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus were suspicious of all
foreign merchants.
(iv) They feared that the merchants would interfere in the local politics and
disrupt their authority.
So, the Manchus rulers were not willing to allow the entry of foreign
goods into China.
How did the condition of secured labourers become insecure ?
(i) Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with landowners. They were at the master's table and helped their master through the year, doing a variety of jobs. (ii) By 1800, this practice began to disappear. Labourers were being paid wages and employed only during harvest times. (iii) As landowRead more
(i) Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with landowners. They were
See lessat the master’s table and helped their master through the year, doing a
variety of jobs.
(ii) By 1800, this practice began to disappear. Labourers were being paid
wages and employed only during harvest times.
(iii) As landowners tried to increase their profits, they cut the amount they
had to spend on other workmen. Workers became insecure, employment
uncertain and income unstable. For a very large part of the veal, the
poor had no work.
Why were threshing machines opposed by some labourers ?
(i) Riot spread all over southern England and near about 387 threshing machines were broken. (ii) Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their- livelihood. (iii) Most of these letters were signed in the name of Captain SwRead more
(i) Riot spread all over southern England and near about 387 threshing
See lessmachines were broken.
(ii) Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them
to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their- livelihood.
(iii) Most of these letters were signed in the name of Captain Swing, who was
supposed to support the farmers to destroy threshing machines’
why did Indian peasants begin to agitate against the low prices of opium ?
(i) The British would procure opium at cheap rates. They would sell it at a high price to the opium agents in calcutta, who then shipped it to China. (ii) This difference between the buying and selling price was the government,s opium revenue. (iii) The prices given to the peasants were so low thatRead more
(i) The British would procure opium at cheap rates. They would sell it at
See lessa high price to the opium agents in calcutta, who then shipped it to
China.
(ii) This difference between the buying and selling price was the government,s
opium revenue.
(iii) The prices given to the peasants were so low that by the early 18th
century, angry peasants began agitating for higher prices and refused to
take advances.
(iv) some cultivators around Benaras stopped cultivating opium and started
producing sugarcane and potato instead. some cultivators sold off their
opium crop to travelling traders called pykars, who offered them higher prices.
How could the western merchants balance their trade with china ?
(i) The Western merchants could buy tea only by paving in silver coins or bullion. (ii) It meant outflows of treasure from England, as it would deplete the wealth of the nation. (iii) The merchants therefore looked for ways to stop this loss of silver. (iv) They searched for a commodity they could sRead more
(i) The Western merchants could buy tea only by paving in silver coins or bullion.
See less(ii) It meant outflows of treasure from England, as it would deplete the
wealth of the nation.
(iii) The merchants therefore looked for ways to stop this loss of silver.
(iv) They searched for a commodity they could sell in China, something they
could persuade the chinese to buy. so, opium was one such commodity.
why were the Manchus rulers not willing to allow the entry of foreign goods into China ?
(i) In the late 18th century, the English East India Company was buying tea and silk from China for sale in England. (ii) But England at that time produced nothing that could be easily sold in China. (iii) The Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus were suspicious of all foreign merchants. (iv) TheyRead more
(i) In the late 18th century, the English East India Company was buying tea
See lessand silk from China for sale in England.
(ii) But England at that time produced nothing that could be easily sold in China.
(iii) The Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus were suspicious of all
foreign merchants.
(iv) They feared that the merchants would interfere in the local politics and
disrupt their authority.
So, the Manchus rulers were not willing to allow the entry of foreign
goods into China.