8.3 Flashcards

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What was a huge factor leading to the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?

A

Historians have identified several reasons for why the Industrial Revolution began first in Britain, including: the effects of the Agricultural Revolution, large supplies of coal, geography of the country, a positive political climate, and a vast colonial empire.

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Describe phase one of the expansion of the British Empire.

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The first phase was the establishment of the earliest colonies in North America in the 1600’s

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Which other countries laid claims to territory around the world?

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Over the next 200 years Britain, France, Spain, the Dutch and Portuguese all laid claims to new territories around the world

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What was the second phase of the expansion of the British Empire?

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Wars and Naval strength

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How was Britain able to maintain power, even though it lost the American colonies?

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They had empires which had resources all over the globe.

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How big was the British Empire by 1900?

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1/4 of Earths land and 1/4 of the world population

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What did the colonies provide for the Industrial revolution

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Raw materials-workforce(slavery) and customers to buy the goods

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List the raw materials and which colony provided them.

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Australia-sugar, wheat, and gold/ NZ-wood/ SA- gold/ India-tea, cotton/ Canada-timber and wheat/ Jamaica-coffee/ Malay-rubber

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What was the largest merchant trading company? Find out a little about it.

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It was the East India company that traded the goods

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  1. “The sun never sets on the British empire”. Explain this quote using examples of colonies and the map in Source 4.
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The sun is always shining somewhere in the British empire

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“The sun never sets on the British empire”. Explain this quote using examples of colonies and the map in Source 4.

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The sun is always shining somewhere in the British empire

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