Industrial Britain Flashcards

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What was life like in 1750?

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A lot of crop farming and we haven’t discovered coal

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What was life like in 1830?

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We discovered bricks and we made stronger houses with the bricks and as well buildings are starting to get more modern slowly

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What was life like in the late 1890s

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We discovered coal and we used it as fuel as well we used more bricks for better and stronger houses

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4
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What was the population like 1831?

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14.2 million

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What was the population like in 1701?

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5.7 million

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how many babies died and lived in 1750?

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65% died and 35% lived

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How many babies lived and died in 1900?

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85% lived and 15% died

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How did canals work?

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They made transport better because the roads were mor straight and also a horse can carry 2 tons of it twenty miles a day

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9
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Did canals help industrialise Britain?

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Yes

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10
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How did railways change people’s lives?

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It had a big impact on Britain and how it change people’s lives was that transporting was way faster then before

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What did children factory workers do?

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They passed cotton to adult worked who is putting it onto the spindles, cleaning the machinery so that it runs smoothly, reaching under the machinery to repair broken threads, sweeping up cotton on the floor and bringing up a new basket of cotton to be put onto the spindles

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