Chapter 7: The Struggle for Wealth and Empire & Enlightenment
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European History [1]
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Chapter 7: The Struggle for Wealth and Empire ??? Idea of progress - rise of wealth and knowledge 31. Elite and Popular Cultures - See chart 32. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY OF THE 18TH CENT ??? COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE 18TH CENTURY ??? - Commercial capitalism and handicraft industry, Industrial Revolution ??? - Rural industry - urbanization did not equate with industry, most industry = country by peasants working for town merchants, so rural people did not necessarily dedicate labor to agriculture ??? - ?domestic system? in cottages, weaving and woolens GB, copper, iron, lead, tin, paper, leather goods, glass, porcelain, silk, linen trades, cotton cloth ??? - France = chief industrial center of EU due to population size ??? - GB = largest internal free trade