Question 2 of 7intermediate💡 UnderstandShort Answer3 marks
Explain what is meant by proto-industrialisation.
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Proto-industrialisation refers to the phase of large-scale industrial production for an international market that existed before factories began to dot the landscape in England and Europe. This system was not based on factories.
It was part of a network of commercial exchanges controlled by merchants. The goods were produced by a vast number of producers working within their family farms in the countryside, not in factories.
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Explanation
This answer is derived directly from the section 'Before the Industrial Revolution' in the textbook. It defines the term by contrasting it with factory production and describing its decentralized nature where merchants controlled production in the countryside.