Industrial Revolutions Stats And Events

Question 1

What is the open field system?

Answer 1

Traditional farm units where everyone had a little bit of land on the same plot

Question 2

What % of land was left fallow to prevent soil exhaustion in traditional farms ?

Answer 2

35%

Question 3

How many acres were enclosed between 1750-1800?

Answer 3

7 million acres

Question 4

What is the enclosure system?

Answer 4

Where one farmers owns large plots of land ( most smaller farmers lost their land due to this)

Question 5

When was the Bank of England set up ?

Answer 5

1694

Question 6

What percent of woolen goods were exported EU/USA in 1750?

Answer 6

70%

Question 7

When was coke developed and by who ?

Answer 7

1709 by Abraham Darby

Question 8

When and who invented the atmospheric steam engine ?

Answer 8

1712, Thomas Newcomen

Question 9

What was coal production in 1700, 1750 an 1800?

Answer 9

2.5 million 1700, 5 million 1750 and 15 million in 1800 ( tonnes)

Question 10

When and who invented the spinning jenny ?

Answer 10

1765 by James Hargreaves

Question 11

What was Uk cotton cloth production in 1775 vs 1783 ?

Answer 11

57 000 yards in 1775,

3.5 million yards in 1783

Question 12

How many turnpike trusts were passed 1750-1770?

Answer 12

500 acts, covering 24 000km of road

Question 13

How many acts passed by parliament 1759-1774, creating canals

Answer 13

52 acts,

Question 14

How many km of canals were there in 1800

Answer 14

3000km

Question 15

How much did the population increase in 150 years

Answer 15

Tripled

1700 - 5 million
1800 - 11 million
1850- 32 million

Question 16

When was the new steam engine patented and by who

Answer 16

1769 by James Watt

Question 17

When was the first water frame patented and by who

Answer 17

1771 by Arkwright

Question 18

How many mules operated in factors in 1820?

Answer 18

4 million

Question 19

When was the first factory built and by who ?

Answer 19

1769 in Derbyshire by Arkwright, operated 24 hours a day and initially employed 200

Question 20

How many km of canals by 1850?

Answer 20

6000km

Question 21

How many km of railway in 1844?

Answer 21

3000km

Question 22

What percent was exported to colonies, EU and Asia ?

Answer 22

30% to colonies, 30% to EU, 20% to Asia

Question 23

what percentlived in towns in 1750 vs 1850?

Answer 23

15% in 1750 and 75% in 1850

Question 24

When was the Public Health Act passed and why ?

Answer 24

1848, promoted by a cholera outbreak

Question 25

How much did a worker earn per week?

Answer 25

Unskilled men earned 70p Men earned 2.25 pounds a week Women/children earned 35-6p

Question 26

How long was a working day ?

Answer 26

12-14 hours per day, six days a week

Question 27

What percent did children make up of the workforce

Answer 27

30%

Question 28

In 1830, what is the Leeds newspaper referring to when it called for the end of Yorkshire slavery?

Answer 28

End of child labour

Question 29

When and what was the luddite movement?

Answer 29

From 1811-1816, mobs broke into factories and destroyed machinery because they felt threatened by the machines

Question 30

When and what was the chartist movement?

Answer 30

1830-48, demanded reforms for shorter work days and better working and living conditions

Question 31

When and what was the Poor Law amendment Act ?

Answer 31

1834, intended to create a welfare system, those who needed work could go to a workhouse however it was a failure

Question 32

How many people participated in the 1848 demonstrations?

Answer 32

50 000

Question 33

When and what was the Great Reform Act ?

Answer 33

1832, gave the vote to middle class men, leaving working class disappointed

Question 34

When was the flying shuttle invented and by who ?

Answer 34

John Kay 1733

Question 35

When and what were the corn laws?

Answer 35

Passed by the prime minister lord Liverpool in 1815, it placed tariffs on certain cereal grain

Question 36

When and what were the captain swing riots?

Answer 36

From 1830-31, farmers received threatening letters demanding an increase in wages, uprising by agricultural workers

Question 37

When and what was the royal commission?

Answer 37

1842, it was an investigation on the employment of women and children in mines, which caused widespread dismay

Question 38

When and what were cooperative societies?

Answer 38

Founded in 1844 by Rochdale Pioneers, to provide an affordable alternative to the poor quality food and housing

Question 39

When and what was the municipal corporations act?

Answer 39

1835, set up police forces however they weren’t payed much attention until 1856

Question 40

What was the factory act of 1833?

Answer 40

No child workers under nine years of age, children of 9-13 9hr day

Question 41

When and what was the mines act?

Answer 41

1842, prohibited all underground work for women and girls, and for boys under 10, reduced working day of 9-13 year olds to 7 hours a day

Question 42

What was the factory act of 1802?

Answer 42

Prevented apprentices working at night, 12hr day max and for them to receive basic education

Question 43

What was the cotton mills act of 1819?

Answer 43

No child under nine years old could be employed in a cotton mill, with a maximum day of 12hrs for under 16 year olds

Question 44

Why was MP Sadler important, what did he do?

Answer 44

He restricted the working day of under 18 to 10hrs and aimed to help children working in textile factories

Question 45

Who started the people’s charter?

Answer 45

Francis Place and William Lovett

Question 46

When and what were the combination acts

Answer 46

1834, forbade workers to organise for the purposes of obtaining higher wages or controlling work place conditions. ( banned trade unions in other words)