Questions:
Summarize what Marx wrote about “the enclosures” — what were they, where were they, when did they happen? Were they legal or illegal, who was impacted and how? In the second half of your answer use the idea of enclosure to explain how the fur trade in colonial New England functioned, and/or how the African slave trade functioned. (Half a page or more.) In the Wealth of NationsAdam Smith argues that the division of labor increases productivity. Explain how it dose so. (Half a page or more.)
Describe the first cotton mill: where was it, when did it start, who worked in it, and what sort of machinery was used? Also where did the startup capital for this mill come from? Where did the raw materials come from? Once the cotton textile industry in Britain started to grow rapidly, where did the capital for the expansion of the mills come from? (Half page.) During the American Civil War how did the Union (the North) successfully pay for the war effort? Describe all the components that went into creating the modern assembly line and when appropriate explain how the various components affected each other. (Try to make this one of your longer answers.)
