Why is the Industrial Revolution referred to as the birth of the “consumer society”?
a) Not only were cheap manufactured goods now available to all social classes, the new factory workers had the income to purchase them.
b) The government now required that all subjects purchase a certain amount of manufactured goods to help keep the factories going.
Consider This: Why did Queen Charlotte officially sanction Wedgwood’s “Queen’s Ware”? See 7.3: Manufacturing Marvels.
c) Prior to the Industrial Revolution, everyone made most of their items themselves at home.
Consider This: Why did Queen Charlotte officially sanction Wedgwood’s “Queen’s Ware”? See 7.3: Manufacturing Marvels.
d) Until the Industrial Revolution, demand for luxury items usually did not exceed supply.
Consider This: Why did Queen Charlotte officially sanction Wedgwood’s “Queen’s Ware”? See 7.3: Manufacturing Marvels.
a) Not only were cheap manufactured goods now available to all social classes, the new factory workers had the income to purchase them.
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