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What was one of the violent measures the company resorted to against Indian weavers?
What was one of the violent measures the company resorted to against Indian weavers?
- Flogging and painting the face of a weaver (correct)
- Providing incentives for the weavers
- Issuing warnings to weavers
- Increasing the weavers' income
How did the weavers' income change from the late 17th century to the late 18th century?
How did the weavers' income change from the late 17th century to the late 18th century?
- Doubled
- Remained the same
- Increased significantly
- Decreased from one-third of the price of cloth to about 6 percent (correct)
What impact did the company's policies have on Indian weavers?
What impact did the company's policies have on Indian weavers?
- An increase in income and living standards
- No impact on their income
- An increase in their share of cloth price
- A decline in income and living standards (correct)
Why did the company march a weaver through the town escorted by seapoys?
Why did the company march a weaver through the town escorted by seapoys?
What did the lullaby sung by Saliya weavers long for?
What did the lullaby sung by Saliya weavers long for?
Why did the company observe 'unprecedented mortality among the Weavers' by 1795?
Why did the company observe 'unprecedented mortality among the Weavers' by 1795?
What was the consequence of the company's violent policies towards Indian weavers?
What was the consequence of the company's violent policies towards Indian weavers?
How did the company punish a weaver for working illegally for a private merchant?
How did the company punish a weaver for working illegally for a private merchant?
What do historians like Om Prakash suggest happened to the share of the producer in the price of cloth from the late 17th century to the late 18th century?
What do historians like Om Prakash suggest happened to the share of the producer in the price of cloth from the late 17th century to the late 18th century?
What impact did the decline in income and living standards have on Indian weavers?
What impact did the decline in income and living standards have on Indian weavers?
Why did Indian weavers sing a lullaby longingly about a mystical time when their looms contained a silver plank?
Why did Indian weavers sing a lullaby longingly about a mystical time when their looms contained a silver plank?
What was one of the consequences of weavers' income falling by the late 18th century?
What was one of the consequences of weavers' income falling by the late 18th century?
