End of year eight revision

Question 1

When was the Industrial Revolution

Answer 1

1750 to 1900

Question 2

What system was used to produce textiles before the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

The domestic system

Question 3

What was mined across England to help produce steam to power factories and trains?

Answer 3

Coal

Question 4

How long were the shifts children often worked in factories, before the 1819 Factory Act?

Answer 4

12 to 14 hours

Question 5

How long was the new working day introduced by Robert Owen at his cotton factory

Answer 5

8 hours

Question 6

When was the public health act introduced and what did it say all local authorities should appoint ?

Answer 6

It was introduced in 1875 and it says all local authorities should appoint a medical officer as there were many diseases such as chlolera

Question 7

What was banned in the 1819 factory act

Answer 7

Employing children under 9 years old although not many people listened

Question 8

Why did some families send their kids to work in factories even if they new it was dangerous

Answer 8

A lot of families where poor and couldn’t pay for food and shelter so families sent there kids to work and earn money instead

Question 9

Why did the revolution happen

Answer 9

The revolution happened because the British had introduced a new political system which limited monarchy gave everyone rights and inventors would own their ideas

Question 10

What was Africa like before the transplanting slave trade

Answer 10

Was rich with resources and good shush as gold,tabbaco spices and cotton

Question 11

When did slaves start rebelling

Answer 11

1750

Question 12

Where did most slaves go

Answer 12

Caribbean, Brazil and america

Question 13

What were slaves traded for

Answer 13

Manufactured materials like guns and weapons

Question 14

Who made deals to sell slaves or let them get captured

Answer 14

Leaders of tribes would make deals to sell people for manufactured goods

Question 15

What where slaves used for

Answer 15

Slaves were used for farming, as house maids, and mostly sugar cane farmers. These raw materials were then sold back to Great Britain

Question 16

What did toussiant loverture do in Haiti

Answer 16

Haiti had very harsh conditions on slaves for farming. Toussiant loverture led a rebellion in gorilla warfare and beat France and Britain in this rebellion therefore freeing Haiti of slavery and brought it a democracy

Question 17

Why was slave traid abolished

Answer 17

Slave rebellions, anti racism, people refusing to by slave made products, Industrial Revolution and rize in machinery, protests, letters to parliament

Question 18

Why did the French Revolution take place

Answer 18

There was lots of poverty and the monarchy had absolute power, the legal system was unfair and there were high taxes.

Question 19

Why did the British build an empire

Answer 19

Wealth, power, and to spread Christianity and British ways of life

Question 19

When did the French Revolution start and end

Answer 19

1789 to 1793

Question 20

How long did the British empire exist

Answer 20

400 years

Question 21

When did the British east India company start to establish

Answer 21

From 1775 onwards

Question 22

How did Britain use India to help them

Answer 22

Britain used the India’s recourses and good to trade back home and to other empires and countries.

Question 23

Why did the British empire using India’s army cause conflict

Answer 23

This caused conflict because the Indian army where fighting for the British empire against there own country because Britain wanted to gain more land and colonise more of India

Question 24

What was britains reasons to make an empire

Answer 24

In the 1500s Spain had an empire which brought them wealth and power. The i The indigenous people in the new colonies were presented to the British public as ‘uncivilised’, because their way of living was different people began to believe that the British should continue to grow their empire to bring ‘civilisation’ to these places.

Question 25

Did Britain think it was ok to use force to build their empire

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

When did the scramble for Africa begin?

Answer 26

1880’s

Question 27

What happened in Benin?

Answer 27

Britain ruled over the kingdom of Benin. More like trashed it. British took most of their goods, such as the bronzes of Benin which were beautiful sculptures the people of Benin made out of iron. British soldiers burned most of Benin to the ground

Question 28

What did Britain bring to other countries in the empire?

Answer 28

For people living in the colonies, British rule often meant that their traditional languages, religions and ways of living were replaced with the English language, Christianity and British systems of government and education. English remains the official language of many ex-colonies to this day.

Question 29

When did the uk unite and why

Answer 29

In 1707, the Kingdom of England (which included Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland united under the Treaty of Union to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Acts of Union 1800 incorporated the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.

Question 30

Why did the American war of indapendace start

Answer 30

It started because Britain started charging taxes for American colonialists to pay for British benefits

Question 31

What was the stamp act and when did it happen

Answer 31

The stamp act for taxes was passed by Britain to America in 1767 it included illegal documents and play cards witch upset lots of people

Question 32

When was the Boston tea party?

Answer 32

1770

Question 33

What was the Boston Tea Party about?

Answer 33

It was a protest against taxes especially the taxes for tea where everyone threw through their tea in the river. This made the British angry and it started conflict

Question 34

When was the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 34

4th July 1776

Question 35

When was the treaty of Paris signed?

Answer 35

It was signed in 1783 officially ending the American war of independence

Question 36

When was the French Revolution

Answer 36

between 1789 and 1799

Question 37

What happened to the monarchy in France after the French Revolution

Answer 37

It was abolished and France became the very first republic

Question 38

When did France become the first rebublic

Answer 38

12th September 1792

Question 39

What is a republic

Answer 39

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 40

What was the difference between a democracy and a republic

Answer 40

In a pure democracy, laws are made directly by the voting majority, leaving the rights of the minority largely unprotected.
In a republic, laws are made by representatives chosen by the people and must comply with a constitution that protects the rights of the minority from the will of the majority.