Booklet 3 - Industrialisaton and protest Flashcards
By 1851 how many cities had a population of over 100,000?
29 cities
Between 1765-1795 carpenters wages in Manchester rose to what % of the rates in London?
64%-88%
What fraction of children died within the first year of their life?
3/20
I’m the 1830’s what fraction of children in Manchester and Sheffield died before their 5th birthday?
1/2
What fraction of people worked in manufacturing in 1801 compared to 1871?
1801: 2/5
1871: 2/3
How much was Richard Arkwright worth when he died in 1792?
£500,000
How many workers in Birmingham lived in back to back housing?
2/3
When was the first major outbreak of cholera in Sunderland and how many people were killed?
32,000
Typhus claimed how many people a year?
4000
How many troops were sent to deal with Luddites and how many Luddites died in Lancashire in 1812?
12,000
18 men killed
How many frames were destroyed in 1812?
1000
How much did the swing riots cost approximately?
£120,000
How many were sentenced to death as a result of the Swing Riots?
252
3 amendments in The Factory Act in 1833?
No children under 9 No night work for under 18s Employed children have to be registered A minimum break of 1 1/2 hour break a day for a meal 4 inspectors appointed to enforce action
How may of chadwicks report sold about the links between disease and sanitation
100,000