Industrialisation And Protest Flashcards
Industrialisation
describes a period of social and economic change where communities, unusually rural, move away from traditional modes of living and adopt more industrial lifestyles, seeing society and the economy dramatically transformed
Agrarian
used to describe a strong focus on the land, in the form of farming and rural living
Joint-stock bank
Title given to a bank owned by several people, each with shares in the bank’s capital. They were only liable for debts yup to the value of their shares and not the full amount of the bank
Cottage industry
Small-scale industry usually performed in individual homes or small community rather than in large factories
Ogliarchy
Authority concentrated into the hands of a few powerful, usually self- appointed and self-interested people
Nationalisation
The process where private businesses are taken under public ownership by the state
Incorporation
Act of giving recognition to a company by making it a separate legal body
Trade union
Association of workers from a trade who bind together to pretext and improve working conditions by collective bargaining and action
Capitalism
economic concept where trade, business and the means of production are mostly owned privately and run for profit
Threshing
Process of removing the dibble part of a grain from its inedible surrounding which is called chaff
Separate spheres
idea that became popular in the mid 1800s. It maintained that men and women occupied different roles and had separate functions of men to work outside the home in paid employment, while women remained in the home and kept it in order for their returning men
Justice of the Peace (JP)
local magistrate, usually a landowner or businessman, who could pass judgment on small disputes
Poor rate
A tax applied to property in individual parishes. The money generated by this was then used to pay poor relief benefits to those most in need
1799
Combination Act passed banning unionisation for the purpose of improving working conditions after weavers in Wigan organise themselves into a wokrer’s association to protect their working rights
1800
Second Combination Act passed
1802
Factory Act passed determining the fair treatment of apprentices and general cleanliness of the workplace
1808
Weavers protest in St. George’s Field in Manchester
1811
Luddite protest begins because of unemployment and increased use of machines
1813
Statute of Artificers repealed
1817
Luddism ends
1819
Facotry Act is passed limiting child labour to 12 hours a day
1824
Combination Acts withdrawn
1825
New Combinations of Workmen Act passed
1826
Banking co-partnership repealed
