were lots of agricultural jobs‚ men usually worked on farms (were laborers) doing physical jobs like: • Looking after the animals • Being a milkman • Harvesting crops • Sowing broadcast • Dibbling • Threshing • Breaking stones The women did a lot more in the domestic system they would usually stay at home and: • Cook food • Wash clothes • Sew and make clothes They were very involved textiles and the making of cloth‚ they would spin the wool at home using hand looms or spinning wheels
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ the social structure of society changed dramatically. Before the Revolution most people lived in small villages‚ working either in agriculture or as skilled craftsmen. They lived and often worked as a family‚ doing everything by hand. In fact‚ three-quarters of Britain’s population lived in the countryside‚ and farming was the predominant occupation. With the advent of industrialization‚ however‚ everything changed. The new enclosure laws—which required that all
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situations to become more difficult. World War I only started because of the unfairness of others. The need to be the one of almighty power. This power consumed the mind and took over the world. And if you look at the picture right‚ you could see just how much this power could completely obliterate the way a person’s life is lived. And the way this country was formed. When you look at the word ‘war’ what do you see? Do you see families reuniting and sharing warm‚ loving smiles? Do you see joyful tears
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Transition to Agriculture: Human Improvement or Not? History 103 World Civilizations I Instructor: Paul Toro February 13‚ 2012 The transition that humans made from hunting and gathering to foraging was quite a transformation around 13‚000 years ago. Man had man a big change when deciding to domesticate animals and plants. Man had discovered that the wild animals that they once hunted could be tamed and could be domesticated livestock for reproduction. With plants‚ they found the ones that
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rice cultivation has yielded splendid results‚ wherever applied. In Europe‚ the production per acre is much higher than in our country. So high yielding strains should be used and double harvesting is to be ensured every year. Science can help agriculture in another way by fighting down the insects and bacterial pests that destroy considerable quantities of grains and crops. Plants are liable to be attacked by these pests at all times. Faulty methods of storing food also
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The principle of laissez faire is that the an unobtrusive government is the best government; that the government necessarily only ’maintain domestic tranquillity‚ defend the people from invasion‚ and protect them when travelling.’ To leave economic workings of the country to the people and let the ’motives for production’ be that of the people not the government. Our government took such a stance in its early decades‚ but as national debt rose‚ interstate commerce became indomitable‚ and the economy
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Economics of Slavery during Civil War During the years before the Civil war‚ many northerners charged the slavery was incompatible with a rapid economic growth. There was clear evidence that slavery was profitable for individual planters. A number of people felt that slavery was wasteful and inefficient‚ that it devalued labor‚ inhibited urbanization and mechanization‚ thwarted industrialization‚ and stifled progress. Northerners associated slavery with economic backwardness‚ soil exhaustion
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How did Medical Care change during the First World War? First World War presented medicine with many challenges. The number of wounded men was increasing every day and the need of medical specialists and innovations as well. Millions of people who could have been saved died. The war had effects on people and their minds that lasted till the end of their lives. Medicine and medical care had to be improved in order to save lives and live further. There were different problems and solutions to them
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Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution The general working conditions in northeastern factories was sad‚ they was very dangerous and not safe in any way. Corruption and abuse was frequent also in working conditions and very few workers worked their way to poverty‚ it seemed impossible to so with the way things were going. Workers were doomed to repeat dull repetitive tasks every single day‚ day after day and there were no labor laws. Child labor was common and for a worker that was
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Agriculture in Pakistan Farming is Pakistan’s largest economic activity. In FY 1993‚ agriculture‚ and small-scale forestry and fishing‚ contributed 25 percent of GDP and employed 48 percent of the labor force. Agricultural products‚ especially cotton yarn‚ cotton cloth‚ raw cotton‚ and rice‚ are important exports. Although there is agricultural activity in all areas of Pakistan‚ most crops are grown in the Indus River plain in Punjab and Sindh. Considerable development and expansion of output has
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