Question

The phase before industrialisation during which traders set up manufactories and increased their control over workers is called _____.

• A. proto-industrialisation
• B. the agricultural revolution
• C. the agricultural boom
• D. the industrial hike

Answer 1

The correct option is A proto-industrialisation

Traders began setting up manufactories where a number of craftsmen would be employed by them. These craftsmen used their own tools to work on the traders' raw material. This was before complete industrialisation happened and this stage is called, proto-industrialisation.