The yeoman, or statesman, economy thrived for some 300 years, but with the rise in automation brought by the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, the demand for hand-crafted goods such as cloth plummeted machine-produced goods were more plentiful and considerably less expensive.
After the Industrial Revolution, statesmen were forced to take jobs as factory workers.
mnli hypothesis: After the Industrial Revolution, statesmen were forced to take jobs as factory workers. premise: The yeoman, or statesman, economy thrived for some 300 years, but with the rise in automation brought by the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, the demand for hand-crafted goods such as cloth plummeted machine-produced goods were more plentiful and considerably less expensive.