Beginning of capitalism and labour movements

Salaried workforce
Household manufacture
Increase of commercial activities
Discovery of mines
Accumulation of capital
Use of money as a currency
Feudal crisis
1. Commercial crisis
  1. There were few markets.
2. New ideologies
3. Agrarian crisis
4. Demographic crisis
5. Bourgeoisie was born
6. Rules set by guilds were too strict.
  1. Guilds: groups of artisans that protected their interests in commerce.
    1. 3 social groups in a guild: apprentice, journeyman, master
Overseas journeys increased commerce
1. Geographic discoveries
2. Scientific and technological development
Mid XVIII Century
1. Creation of trading companies
  1. Profit from doing business
XIX Century
1. 2 groups
  1. Capitalists (bourgeoisie)
    1. Supplied capital and tools, hires workers
  2. Workers (proletariat)
    1. Work for a salary
  3. Strong inequality between these two groups
    1. Social movements for helping workers to get better working conditions
      1. Workers' associations (mutual organizations)
      2. Luddism
      3. Chartism
      4. Socialism
        * Anarchism
Since the Renaissance

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