Final Exam Review Paragraphs

Question 1

Describe life in NF on a Seigneury.

Answer 1

• seigneurs were granted parcels of land.
• habitants had the right to work the land in exchange for paying fees and services to the seigneur.
• both s and h could become relatively prosperous.
• many h could also work p/t in fur trade.
• h had to pay rent and provide days of service to s.
• serve in militia
• keep land productive and use the s mill to grind grain.
• h lives and homes centred around the manor and church.
• life was based on the cycle of the farm.
• fishing hunting preserving of good working in ft raising live stock.
• enjoyed music and story telling.
• regular church goers.
• many families worked together.
• very few women in NF.

Question 2

Describe why the IR began in GB.

Answer 2

• large labour supply;rapid pop growth (many farmers moved to city to join large “urban workforce”.
• middle class had been able to get p to pass laws which helped their businesses.
• the test act barred people from working in gov, so they became wealthy and invested capital.
• gb encouraged science and inventions
• many raw materials (cheap source of power).

Question 3

Describe how 1 invention led to another in the textile industry and how this eventually led to the factory age.

Answer 3

• textiles industry helped make gb a rich and powerful country again.
• climate and geo suited raising sheep; wool became an extremely important industry.
• enclosures made it profitable/possible to maintain large herds of sheep.
• Britain wool high quality, woolen cloth was in high demand.
• ti major factor britains desire to gain more colonies.
• cotton and wool industry developed.
• many important inv. of early IR had to do with the manufacture of cloth.
• many people in Britain involved.
• inv. that could make life easier for sewers could make inventor a fortune.
• once large supply of yarn was available, able to mechanize weaving even more.
• this led to big looms (no longer powered by humans).
• large machines need large buildings and labourers.
• many new factories built.
• textile industry became a factory industry.