British Empire And Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Why did the slave trade develop

Answer 1

British military defeated the indigenous people
Increased sugar demand
British people needed more pay and weren’t used to the conditions
Indigenous people were cheap and plentiful

Question 2

How did the slave trade work

Answer 2

Traders left Britain with goods like cloth and alchahol. They would sail to west Africa.
Then they would trade with African chiefs who had captured rival slaves.
Then they would go to the carrebian and trade slaves with sugar and Tabacco. Then the ship would return to England ready to repeat the process.

Question 3

How was the treatment of the slaves

Answer 3

Awful
They were beaten and chained up. They had no food and below decks disease thrived.

Question 4

What happened during the battle of plassey

Answer 4

India’s ammo got wet so they couldn’t shoot
Britain made a deal with bengal that halfway through the battle bengal would switch sides

Question 5

Why did India rebell

Answer 5

Indians had to learn English in school
They had to wear and eat English things
The buletts were covered in pig or cow fat which was offensive.
Christians tried to convert them

Question 6

Why did the industrial revolution happen

Answer 6

Farmers built machines and trains and canals. They stopped needing workers in farms. Workers went to live in the city and work in the factories. Then the factories grew.

Question 7

Was coal important to the Industrial Revolution

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

What was laissez faire

Answer 8

Minimum intervention of the government in economic affairs

Question 9

What were living conditions like in 19th century

Answer 9

Poor
Air poll - burning coal
Light poll - no light because of tall houses so damp and mould
Sewage - poo infected water causing dysentery