The Market Revolution 10/28/08

The Market Revolution started out as....
-Fathers/Husbands being the head of the household, holding all power and having a say in all marital affairs of children.
-They have the right to...
1. choose the husband/wife suitable for their children or they keep land from them.
2. Give the land to the favorable son (could be oldest or youngest) who promises to take care of the parents and give them suitable room in the household.
-Families in need of more money can have the option of making goods to sell to employers for extra money.
~The employers give the family the raw materials to make a certain object (for example: hats, shoes, chairs, etc.)
~The family then makes the product, and gives it to the employer to sell for money.
~The same employer in return pays the family for their work.
-Merchants get very wealthy off of trade w/ foreign countries (exspecially Britain)
~That comes to a halt during the Revolution where merchants still trading w/ Britain are known as loyalists (frowned upon)
-After this period merchants again become prosperous from sea trade.
-Over time farmer's land becomes less fertile, only enough for one son.
~Sons and Daughters realize this, and start to "rebel"
~They lower the authority of the father by....
~Sons leaving home to find jobs working on other farms, or city jobs.
~Sons also choose wives without father's approval, and there are many pregnancies before marriage.
~Daughters also choose husbands without their father's consent and move away from the useless farm.
-The balance of paternal power weakens, and women get more say in society.
-There is still crafts made at home for an extra source of income.