What were the causes for increase in the import of raw cotton in the late eighteenth century in Britain? What were its results?

(a) The causes for increase in the import of raw cotton were as given below:
(l) In the late eighteenth century in England a number of cotton factories has been set up. It was the first symbol of new era too.
(ii) There were number of inventions in production process 1.e., carding, twisting and spinning. These changes or inventions enabled each worker to produce more. It- also made possible to produce more stronger threads and yarn.
(iii) Creation of cotton mill: Till then the cloth production was being done within households. Later Richard Arkwright created the cotton mill. Now all the processes r.e., spinning, weaving, dyeing could be done at one place in the mill under one management which enabled careful supervision over the production process. AII these changes increased the import of raw cotton and its production.
(b) Results:
(l) Number of factories increased. It became an intimate part of the English landscape as the imposing new mills were very visible.
(ii) Attention of the people was now drawn to the mills rather than bylanes and the workshops where the production still continued.
(iii) Lancashire became the best cotton-spinning locality in the world.

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