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Flashcards by Asiya Hajiali, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Asiya Hajiali
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| Question | Answer |
| Why was Britain considered progressive? | It was considered progressive because there was comparatively equal application of the law. |
| What was considered newsworthy? | It was considered newsworthy when Lord Ferrers was hanged for murdering his servant. |
| What was the rise in the middle class? | The rise of a middle class of people is one important development associated with the industrial revolution. |
| Who were the middle class of people? | They were a group between the titled upper classes and the mega-rich and the lower classes who were desperately poor. |
| What kind of people did the middle class include and what did they have in common? | The middle class included shopkeepers, craftspeople, doctors, clerks and lawyers. What they had in common was marketable skills that won them a higher income than the lowest workers. |
| What affected the character of the nation? | The rise of the middle class affected the character of the nation. Because they had to work for a living, they contributed new ideas to the debates on the issues of the time. |
| What name were the English described as and who named them that? | The English were described as 'a nation of shopkeepers.' They were named this by Napoleon. |
| What did the enclosure of common lands include? | The enclosure of common lands drove families off their farms and into cities, not only created workers but a number of people driven to crime by desperation. |
| What are clippers? | Clippers were sailing ships sometimes with iron hulls, that dominated the carrying of cargo and passengers between Australia and the rest of the world for most pf the 19th century. |
| What were some of the reasons for the increased trade between Australia and the rest of the world. | Vessels belonging to many different companies and nations began trading through Australian ports including whaling ships from the united states. |
| What did the first opium war force china to do? | The first opium war forced china to open up some of it's ports to western trade. |
| How did the industrial revolution bring significant changes to Britain's economy and society? | With the development of machines and steam power, goods were produced more quickly and cheaply in factories. |
| What happened between 1760 and 1815? | London's population is estimated to have grown from 175 000 people to 1.4 million people. |
| What were the conditions of housing? | Houses were built closely together and poorly constructed. |
| What did these crowded areas become and why? | These crowded areas became slums due to disease, malnutrition and excessive consumption of alcohol. |
| How did most people live in the medieval ages? | Most people lived in a village under the power of the nobility that owned the land and made every decision. |
| Why did crime increase during this period? | With limited accountability and desperate living conditions crime became a means of survival. |
| What did this result in? | This resulted in overcrowded prisons. |
| What were major crimes? | The major crimes were against property and they were: - Burglary - Theft - Highway Robbery |
| Why was keeping prisoners in hulks a bad idea? | The prison hulks were decrepit and death and disease were rife. |
| Why was Australia chosen to establish a penal colony? | The country was chosen because of its distance from Britain and the opportunities it provide to secure flax and timber and trade. |
| How many convicts were sent to Australia? | Approximately 160 000 people were sent to Australia as convicts. |
| What was a benefit of the industrial revolution? | Improvements of transportation with the building of new roads, railways and faster ships. |
| Why did emigration increase? | Emigration increased due to the discovery of gold sparking a wider movement of people. |
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