The decline of handicrafts in colonial India caused

a rise in exports of finished cloth and handicrafts from IndiaCorrect answerYour answera shortage of workers on farms and in villages across IndiaCorrect answerYour answerrapid growth of the capital goods industry in IndiaCorrect answerYour answerunemployment among artisans and more imports of British goodsCorrect answerYour answer

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Artisans lost their work, and many crowded into agriculture.
Local demand that crafts once met was now met by imported British goods.

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The decline of handicrafts in colonial India caused

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