The Industrial Revolution

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Explain the following: Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny

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Examine the role of education in the economic development of a nation.

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Education is considered an important input for the development of a nation. How?

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Explain how investment in education stimulates economic growth.

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Discuss the need for promoting women’s education in India.

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___, the spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton became the basis of mechanical spinning for a century

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Why didn't India adopt the spinning technology of the British?

1. Investing a lot of money in spinning machines did not make economic sense in a labour intensive economy like india.

2. Adoption of technology would cause a lot of people to go bankrupt

3. Britain withheld the secrets of the spinning machines from India

4. The British spinning machines produced yarn of inferior quality

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Education began to pick up pace with the growth of the British economy. Why?

1. With the expansion of commerce and manufacturing, the demand for literacy and numeracy increased

2. With better wages, people had money to pay for education

3. Education was mandatory by the king, James of England

4. Education began to be seen as a status symbol in the society

Q. State with reason, whether you agree or disagree

Education forms the backbone of the modern economy.