Industrial Revolution Flashcards
1
Q
What time period is this
A
1700-1900
2
Q
What changes took place in Britain as a result of the industrial revolution?
A
- Steam engines invented
- Social transformation-> rise of middle class/ factory owners inventors.
- coal power
3
Q
Any more
A
- Locomotion (railways)
- Political -> monarch less power and power to parliament
- Urbanisation (move from rural to urban) new improvement tech(cheap to make weapons, more weapon bigger armies)
4
Q
Why/how these changes occurred?
A
Political factor -> democracy-> private ownership (own ideas)
Individuals -> George Stevenson -> railways , James Watt -> steamengine
5
Q
Literate rate
A
53% in 1700 -> 98% in 1900
6
Q
Monarch or parliament which have more power ?
A
Parliament more power than monarch (impact of the English civil war)
7
Q
Population rate
A
5 million in 1700 -> 37 million in 1900
8
Q
Religious beliefs/church power
A
Most people believed in religion but the church had lost most power by the end of the period
