changes during industrial revolution in britain

Question 1

main changes of industries in britain during industrial revolution

Answer 1

• world depends on industries
• industries depended on capital, and labour of millions of people (1700s + 1800s)
• industries got bigger + better

Question 2

wealth from slave trade

Answer 2

• america + britain gained from trans-atleantic slave trade
• europe captured slaves for america for to work on cotton sugar and tobacco plantations
• raw materials were sent back to britain to be manufactured
• britain made 70% of their money from trading (1750 - 80)

Question 3

farming economy + cottage inusries before industrial revolution

Answer 3

• agricultural revolution (new ways of farming) started with industrial revolution
• early 1700s (before ID) → farming was most important economic activity

Question 4

cottage industries

Answer 4

craftspeople and small manufacturers

-used products to make bread, beer, clothing etc.

Question 5

agriculture and work of most people in early 1700s

Answer 5

• people lived off land
• made basic goods in homes + workshops
• stayed at one village for their whole life

Question 6

effects of population growth in britain

Answer 6

• better diet and medical care

- farmers couldn’t produce enough produce

Question 7

new ways of farming

Answer 7

-fertilisers
-seed drill
-horses, oxen, machines did most work
+employed less people

Question 8

early 1800s farmers

Answer 8

• moved to cape and america

- made more trade for farmers, towns and colonies

Question 9

industrial revolution inventions

Answer 9

• steam engine (most effective power at the time)
• steam powered transport (trains, boats)
• steam engine changed coal mining industry

Question 10

start of industrial revolution

Answer 10

Britain, 1700s

• spread to europe + america
• affected society for a century

Question 11

social changes of industrial revolution

Answer 11

• society got more job diversity
• workers became organised : . earned more money
• workers demanded better wages and working conditions
• living standards improved

Question 12

urbanisation and changing living conditions

Answer 12

-factories needed thousands of workers
-people came to big cities for work
-workers built houses near factories
→formed new towns, were dirty + unhealthy
+spread diseases (smallpox)
+chimney smoke polluted towns

Question 13

worker houses near factories

Answer 13

• close together
• 2-4 rooms
• many people in each room
• sewer in street
• streets shared an outdoor pump
• few toilets

Question 14

mine + factory jobs

Answer 14

• many hours of work with little pay
• poor working conditions
• people in rural areas left home towns for jobs

Question 15

factories

Answer 15

• steam power made cheap ways to smelt iron + steel :. rapid production
• canals, bridges and railways were built to transport quickly and cheaply