Which of the following was an effect of the factory system?

Question

People were no longer their own bosses.

Other countries rejected business practices that Britain had invented.

People were able to make more money working at a factory than farming.Textile production dropped and made Britain struggle economically.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

People were no longer their own bosses.

The factory system centralized production in large facilities, leading to a shift in labor dynamics where workers no longer had the autonomy they enjoyed as independent artisans or farmers. Instead, they worked under the direction of factory owners and managers.

The other statements provided do not accurately reflect the widespread historical impacts of the factory system. For example, while some workers may have earned more in factories than in agriculture, this wasn’t uniformly the case for all workers. Additionally, textile production actually increased during the factory system's rise, contributing to Britain's economic growth rather than making it struggle. Countries were influenced by Britain's business practices rather than outright rejecting them.