industrialisation Flashcards
industrialisation
The development of industry on a large scale which resulted in internal migration. growing towns attracted migrants
refugees
people forced to leave their country to escape war and persecution
forced migration
Hundreds of thousands of africans were forcibly taken from africa to work as enslaved people in the plantations of british colonies in the west indies and north of america
potato blight
Infected/diseased potatos
Tenement
Slum housing- overcrowded, unhygienic, poor-quality housing
Navvies
men who dug the canals and built the railways.Hard dangerous work E.G. irish navvies
sweatshop
A place where people worked long hours for low pay in poor conditions. E.G. Spitalfields and whitechapel, many were run by jews
Abolitionists
People who wanted to get rid off the slave trade
non-conformists
christian groups like Methodists who emphasised the christian belief that all people are equal to god
pauper
A very poor person who often relied on the state to help them
A radical
A PERSON WHO WANTS HUGE SOCIAL OR POLITICAL CHANGE
factories
Factories offered thousands of new jobs and investment opportunities.Building houses, docks,mills,canals and railways all needed workers and many were migrants
