Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Name all factors leading to the industrial revolution.
- Plenty of Raw materials
- Growing population
- Overseas trade
- Better transport
- Entrepeneurs and talented individuals
Name 3 natural resources england could use to fuel the industrial revolution. (Go into detail)
- Britain had lots of iron to make machines, railways and cannons from. In the beginning of the 18th century iron makers found a way to extract pure iron out of iron ore.
2.also had lots of clay to give to the pottery industry so that they could make cups, bowls and other products.
- England’s coal mines boomed during the Industrial Revolution. Miners dug deeper into the earth to find as much coal as they could and in the 19th century England became the world’s largest coal producing country
Why was an increased population beneficial to the industrial revolution?
- More people to buy food and goods
- MORE CHILDREN TO THE MINES (more people to fill jobs)
Why did britian have a lot of relations around the world to trade with?
After the slave trade, Britian was used to trading with other countries
Why did the world ‘shrink’ between 1700 and 1880?
Transportation was better. In 1700 it took four days to get from manchester to London, but in 1880 it was in four hours.
When was the steam engine invented?
1712
What was the first railway
The darlington and stockton railway (1825)
Who built the steam engine
James watt and Matthew boulten (1712)
Who made the spinning machine
Richard arkwright (1769)
What is an entrepeneur
People who make money from buisness
Name 6 factors as to why the population in britian boomed during the IR.
- Farmers made more food
- People got married younger
- Cotton was cleaner material began to be used
- There were more midwives
- Edward jenner discovered the smallpox vaccine in 1796
- Soap became available
- People stopped drinking as much alcohol
- Doctors and nurses
- Cleaner cities
Define The victorian poor act
If you were poor or unemplyed you were sent to work
State the population before and after the industrial revolution
6 million
37 million
How were living conditions during the industrial revolution as a wealthy vicotrian?
Wealth victorians would enjoy a good and easy life as they had the best living conditions with access to the best doctors and best sanitation.
What were living conditions for poor vicotrians in the industrial revolution?
Poor Victorians had a rough and hard life, often
ending up in the workhouse or early death. This is because they had a lack of sanitisation and were usually in contaminated areas with disease. Also they barely had access to doctors.
