Industrial Revolution in Britain
Learn about the industrial revolution in Britain and its impact on social and political change.
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What was a significant consequence of factories relocating to cities?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Towns grew rapidly.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How did Britain's population change from 1750 to 1850?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Britain's population grew from about 11 million to 21 million, with 50% living in cities and over 40% of the workforce employed in factories.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What were the primary diseases that spread due to overcrowded living conditions?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Typhoid, typhus fever, and tuberculosis.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What enabled factories to move away from fast-flowing water sources?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The use of steam engines.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">By what year did more than half of the population in England and Wales reside in towns with over 50,000 people?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">1851</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What was the significance of the agricultural revolution in Britain?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The agricultural revolution increased food production, supporting the growing population and providing farm workers with more money to spend on industrial goods.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How did improvements in transport contribute to the industrial revolution in Britain?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Transport improvements made it easier to move raw materials and finished goods around the country, reducing costs and expanding markets.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What role did the steam engine play in the industrial revolution?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The steam engine, perfected by James Watt, provided a reliable source of power for machinery in factories, leading to significant industrial development.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What significant event in 1819 highlighted the tension between the working class and the government?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The 'Peterloo' massacre.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What were the key demands of the People's Charter?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">A vote for every man of at least 21 years of age, a secret ballot, no property qualification for MPs, payment of MPs, equally sized constituencies, and annual general elections.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What were the key provisions of the 1833 Factory Reform Act?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The act prohibited children under 9 from working in mills, limited work hours for children aged 9-13 to 12 hours a day, and established night work restrictions and factory inspections.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What initiated the industrial revolution in Britain around 1750?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The industrial revolution in Britain was initiated by a growing population, increased demand for goods, improvements in agriculture, overseas trade expansion, advancements in transport, the presence of entrepreneurs and inventors, availability of raw materials, and a stable political climate.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Why was Britain's overseas trade important for the industrial revolution?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Britain's overseas trade provided capital for new businesses, access to raw materials from colonies, and markets for British goods, facilitating industrial growth.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What year marked the first appearance of cholera?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">1831</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Who was Abraham Darby I and what was his contribution to the iron industry?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Abraham Darby I discovered that coal turned into coke could be used for smelting iron ore, a method that was widely used by the 1750s.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What was a major political grievance of the working classes during the industrial revolution?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">They could not vote due to not being represented in parliament.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How did the middle class benefit from the industrial revolution?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">They made money from factories or investing in new businesses and benefited from lower prices of manufactured goods.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What effect did the industrial revolution have on skilled and unskilled workers' earnings compared to agricultural workers?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Unskilled workers could earn up to three times the amount of agricultural workers in the north of England.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How did factories alter life and work conditions in Britain?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Factories changed the landscape, working conditions, and lifestyles, employing mainly unskilled labor, including a significant number of women and children.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What led to the reform of factories in the 1830s?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The urgent need for reform was driven by the poor working conditions, low wages, long hours, and the employment of a large number of children.</p>
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