In Britain, cotton cloth was made in Manchester and ____.

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In Britain, cotton cloth was made in Manchester and Liverpool. India's cotton belts drew British settlers throughout the British era, and eventually, cotton was sold to Britain as a raw material for their textile businesses. Due to the accessibility of high-quality cotton from India, the cotton textile industries in Manchester and Liverpool boomed. They started flooding Indian markets. As Manchester fabric was inexpensive, flashy, and long-lasting, its importation to India destroyed its textile sector. The weavers were required to work as labourers in metropolitan areas in place of their traditional vocation of textile weaving. It is also to be noted that high import taxes in England made it difficult to export textiles from India.

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